Convert variable string to time object

Question

I'm working with youtube-dl (subprocess), it gives the video duration like this:

• if it's 00:00:08, it gives: 8.
• 00:03:42 > 3:42.
• 00:03:08 > 3:08.
• 01:02:06 > 1:02:06.
  

I want to convert the code formats to the bold!
Tried this but it gives error:

dt.strptime(YT_Duration_str, "%H:%M:%S")

ValueError: time data '8' does not match format '%H:%M:%S'

how can I achieve that?

Answer 1

Maybe try this?

n_colons = YT_Duration_str.count(":")

if n_colons == 0:
    d = dt.strptime(YT_Duration_str, "%S")
elif n_colons == 1:
    d = dt.strptime(YT_Duration_str, "%M:%S")
elif n_colons == 2:
    d = dt.strptime(YT_Duration_str, "%H:%M:%S")

d.strftime("%H:%M:%S")

You can also get a timedelta object by subtracting:

delta = d - dt.strptime("0", "%S")