Format the timedelta
manually:
def custom_format(td):
minutes, seconds = divmod(td.seconds, 60)
hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
return '{:d}:{:02d}'.format(hours, minutes)
Demo:
>>> from datetime import timedelta
>>> def custom_format(td):
... minutes, seconds = divmod(td.seconds, 60)
... hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
... return '{:d}:{:02d}'.format(hours, minutes)
...
>>> custom_format(timedelta(hours=9, minutes=46, seconds=4, microseconds=352515))
'9:46'
This method does ignore the .days
attribute. If you have timedeltas with more than 24 hours, use:
def custom_format(td):
minutes, seconds = divmod(td.seconds, 60)
hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
formatted = '{:d}:{:02d}'.format(hours, minutes)
if td.days:
formatted = '{} day{} {}'.format(
td.days, 's' if td.days > 1 else '', formatted)
return formatted
Demo:
>>> custom_format(timedelta(days=42, hours=9, minutes=46, seconds=4, microseconds=352515))
'42 days 9:46'
>>> custom_format(timedelta(days=1, hours=9, minutes=46, seconds=4, microseconds=352515))
'1 day 9:46'
>>> custom_format(timedelta(hours=9, minutes=46, seconds=4, microseconds=352515))
'9:46'