Epoch Difference in Python

The difference between the given epochs can be determined by converting the struct_time object to seconds using the mktime method of the time module.

Let's find the difference between the current time, specified in the epoch format, and the date '11/12/2023 19:25'. First, we get epoch using the time method:

now = time.time()

Then we transform the given date using the strptime method. We write the date into its first parameter, and its format into the second parameter:

dt = time.strptime('11/12/2023 19:25', '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M')
print(dt)

As a result, we get the object struct_time:

time.struct_time(tm_year=2023, tm_mon=12,
			tm_mday=11, tm_hour=19, tm_min=25, tm_sec=0,
			tm_wday=0, tm_yday=345, tm_isdst=-1)

Next, we convert struct_time into seconds using the mktime method and write the result to the dt_epoch variable. Then we find the difference between the current epoch and dt_epoch. The full code will look like this:

now = time.time()
dt = time.strptime('11/12/2023 19:25', '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M')
dt_epoch = time.mktime(dt)

res = now - dt_epoch
print(res) # 7937111.23894763

To get the number of minutes from this result, you need to divide it by 60:

print(res / 60) # 132299.33016448814

Given date:

dt = '24/07/2015 16:1'

Find the number of seconds that have passed from the current time to this date.

Two dates are given:

dt1 = '12/02/23 10:12:54'
dt2 = '31/12/24 19:38:21'

Find the number of seconds that elapsed between the second and first dates.

Modify the solution to the previous problem to find the number of days that have elapsed between two dates.