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How to convert negative datetime.timedelta to positive datetime.timedelta value

so I have multiple time value which I wanna subtract with each other but some of the cases I receive negative timedelta how do I convert it into positive without change the actual value

I tried to use abs() but it change the actual value 


#for example:
time1=timedelta(hours=23,minutes=25,seconds=00)
time2=timedelta(hours=6,minutes=13,seconds=00)

delta_time_value = time2 -time1
print(delta_time_value) #-1 day, 13:01:00 (ANSWER)

The result which I was getting is -1 day, 13:01:00 but I want the result like this 1 day, 13:01:00 without -ve sign

Solution 
  • from datetime import timedelta

time1=timedelta(hours=23,minutes=25,seconds=00)
time2=timedelta(hours=6,minutes=13,seconds=00)

delta_time_value = str(time2 - time1)

print(delta_time_value)

if delta_time_value[0] == "-":
  print(delta_time_value[1:])

    This is a easy fix, not sure if it is what you are looking for.