即使结束时间小于开始时间(超过午夜间隔),例如23:55:00-00:25:00(半小时持续时间),这里有一个支持查找差异的解决方案:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from datetime import datetime, time as datetime_time, timedelta
def time_diff(start, end):
if isinstance(start, datetime_time): # convert to datetime
assert isinstance(end, datetime_time)
start, end = [datetime.combine(datetime.min, t) for t in [start, end]]
if start <= end: # e.g., 10:33:26-11:15:49
return end - start
else: # end < start e.g., 23:55:00-00:25:00
end += timedelta(1) # +day
assert end > start
return end - start
for time_range in ['10:33:26-11:15:49', '23:55:00-00:25:00']:
s, e = [datetime.strptime(t, '%H:%M:%S') for t in time_range.split('-')]
print(time_diff(s, e))
assert time_diff(s, e) == time_diff(s.time(), e.time())
输出
0:42:23
0:30:00
time_diff() 返回一个 timedelta 对象,您可以将它(作为序列的一部分)直接传递给 mean() 函数,例如:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from datetime import timedelta
def mean(data, start=timedelta(0)):
"""Find arithmetic average."""
return sum(data, start) / len(data)
data = [timedelta(minutes=42, seconds=23), # 0:42:23
timedelta(minutes=30)] # 0:30:00
print(repr(mean(data)))
# -> datetime.timedelta(0, 2171, 500000) # days, seconds, microseconds
mean() 结果也是timedelta() 对象,您可以将其转换为秒(td.total_seconds() 方法(自 Python 2.7 起))、小时(td / timedelta(hours=1) (Python 3))等。