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MichaelStetner / total_seconds.py
Created October 31, 2017 20:29
Convert any timedelta to seconds
def total_seconds(timedelta):
"""Convert timedeltas to seconds
In Python, time differences can take many formats. This function can take
timedeltas in any format and return the corresponding number of seconds, as
a float.
Beware! Representing timedeltas as floats is not as precise as representing
them as a timedelta object in datetime, numpy, or pandas.