Convert timedelta to Hours in Python (Example)

In this article, you’ll learn how to convert a timedelta object to hours in the Python programming language.

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Let’s jump right to the programming part:

Example Data & Imported Modules

To start our example, we need to import the datetime module.

import datetime                                   # Loading the datetime module

Next, we’ll create data that we can use in the next example:

td = datetime.timedelta(days=33, seconds=100100)  # sample timedelta object construction
print(td)                                         # printing the sample timedelta
# 34 days, 3:48:20

The Python code shows that our exemplifying data is equal to the printed time.

Example: Express timedelta in Hours

The following Python code illustrates how to convert the timedelta object into hours by use of the total_seconds() function.

total_seconds = td.total_seconds()                # Convert timedelta into seconds
seconds_in_hour = 60 * 60                         # Set the number of seconds in an hour
td_in_hours = total_seconds / seconds_in_hour     # Convert timedelta into hours
print(td_in_hours)                                # Print timedelta in hours
# 819.8055555555555

Video, Further Resources & Summary

Have a look at the following video on my YouTube channel. In the video, I illustrate the content of this post.

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Furthermore, you may read the other articles on this website. I have released several tutorials that are related to the conversion of timedelta to hours already.

• Dates & Times in Python – datetime Module
• Introduction to timedelta Objects in Python
• Convert timedelta to Seconds in Python
• Calculate Number of Hours, Minutes & Seconds Between Two datetimes
• Subtract Seconds, Minutes & Hours from datetime in Python
• Add Seconds, Minutes & Hours to datetime Object
• Python Programming Examples

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