Create a time object from minutes

Question

I am trying to create a time object to save to my database. Here is what I have so far:

>>> minutes=137
>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.time(minute=minutes)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: minute must be in 0..59

How would I create a time object with more than 59 minutes?

Answer 1

datetime.time() objects model a time of day , not a duration . Unless you want your 137 minutes to be interpreted as 137 minutes after midnight , you should not be using datetime.time() objects.

Use datetime.timedelta() for durations:

>>> import datetime
>>> minutes = 137
>>> datetime.timedelta(minutes=minutes)
datetime.timedelta(0, 8220)

The timedelta object tracks time durations in days and seconds.

If you did mean for the time to be interpreted as 2:17am you'll need to calculate the hours and remainder:

>>> hour, minute = divmod(minutes, 60)
>>> datetime.time(hour, minute)
datetime.time(2, 17)