PYTHON 3: Subtraction of 2 HH:MM:SS string array members

Question

I have 2 str arrays, objects in are times formatted like HH:MM:SS. I am trying to do the subtraction of the corresponding members of the arrays.

difference[i]=time2[i]-time1[i]

I don't know what format to convert the str arrays to.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Does this answer your question? [Converting string into datetime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466345/converting-string-into-datetime) — mkrieger1, Jan 07 '21 at 01:24

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:27

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answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:27

KH241

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:34

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I'd recommend using pendulum.

import pendulum
difference[i]= pendulum.parse(time2[i]).diff(time1[i]).in_hours()

answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:34

Leandro Pineda

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:26

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This should save it in difference as integer, if you want to have it in string as well, then just add everything after "=" into str()

difference[i] = int(time2[i]) - int(time1[i])

answered Jan 07 '21 at 01:26

ŠOTO

Converting them to int may not work. They are strings and they have : in them – Joe Ferndz Jan 07 '21 at 01:29

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