code.py
from datetime import datetime fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' tstamp1 = datetime.strptime('2016-04-06 21:26:27', fmt) tstamp2 = datetime.strptime('2016-04-07 09:06:02', fmt) if tstamp1 > tstamp2: td = tstamp1 - tstamp2 else: td = tstamp2 - tstamp1 td_mins = int(round(td.total_seconds() / 60)) print('The difference is approx. %s minutes' % td_mins)