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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 109

Adding seconds to timestamp in python

I have tons of timestamp strings like this one 2017-04-18 05:03:40.966084 and the script needs to add seconds to the timestamp. I have been trying to turn the string into a legit timestamp object and then add seconds to it with timedelta but for some reason it isn't working.

This is what I have so far:

duration = "150.100"
timestamp = datetime.strptime(timestamp, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
timestamp_e = timestamp+timedelta(seconds=duration)

Am I going at this the right way?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2185

Answers (1)

VMatić
VMatić

Reputation: 996

Yes timedelta is a good way to adjust a timestamp. However note that your duration variable is a string. As per the documentation it should be an integer or float:

All arguments are optional and default to 0. Arguments may be integers or floats, and may be positive or negative.

Upvotes: 4

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