Python list and datetime module

Question

I have this list in Python:

youtube_time = ['23:15:02', '23:03:19', '18:52:23',
                '20:26:46', '57:41:07', '51:45:11',
                '47:20:26', '43:24:26', '127:41:49']

Each item in this list is the length of the video in the format: hours, minutes, seconds. How can I add up all the items in the list to get this result: 17 days, 5:30:29

You need to use the datetime module

I`m begginer in Python, and i dont know how

Answer 1

Just use the timedelta from datetime:

from datetime import timedelta

youtube_time = ['23:15:02', '23:03:19', '18:52:23', '20:26:46', '57:41:07', '51:45:11', '47:20:26', '43:24:26', '127:41:49']


def get_total_time_delta(time_list: list) -> timedelta:
    total_time = timedelta()
    for time in time_list:
        hours, minutes, seconds = [int(i) for i in time.split(':')]
        total_time += timedelta(hours=hours, minutes=minutes, seconds=seconds)
    return total_time

result = get_total_time_delta(youtube_time)

print(result)