Python_Convert_time_delta_to_months.md

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Tags: #python #datetime #timedelta #calculate #date #time

Author: Florent Ravenel

Description: This notebook convert the time delta between two dates to months.

References:

• Python datetime
• Python timedelta

Input

Import libraries

from datetime import datetime

Setup Variables

• start_date: First date
• end_date: Second date

start_date = datetime(2022, 1, 15)
end_date = datetime(2023, 5, 22)

Model

Calculate time delta

Calculate the time delta between two dates using the timedelta function from the datetime library.

delta = end_date - start_date
months = round(delta.days / 30, 1)

Output

Display result

print(f"The time delta is {months} months.")