Python: Convert subtracted unix time into hours/mins/seconds

Question

I have received three different unixtimes

lastSeen = 1416248381 
firstSeen = 1416248157

and the last one is lastSeen - firstSeen:

duration = 224

Now, I can convert lastSeen and firstSeen into a datetime no problem. But I am having trouble with the duration.

I am unsure how to convert the duration into something like minutes/seconds. Does anyone have any idea if this can be done?

possible duplicate of [Python Time Seconds to h:m:s](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/775049/python-time-seconds-to-hms) — fredtantini, Nov 25 '14 at 08:42
Not sure if duplicate because Unixtime - Unixtime doesn't automatically mean it is in seconds, does it? — ApathyBear, Nov 25 '14 at 08:45
For me, it does. Otherwise, what 224 is? seconds, minutes, hours, milliseconds? — fredtantini, Nov 25 '14 at 09:32

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '14 at 08:46

You need to convert your seconds to Hours&Minutes and you can do it using datetime

import datetime

lastSeen = 1416248381 
firstSeen = 1416248157
duration = lastSeen - firstSeen

str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=duration))

The ouput will be: '0:03:44'

Without the str() function you'll have: datetime.timedelta(0, 224)

Using time

import time

time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(duration))

The ouput will be: '0:03:44'

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