>>> import datetime >>> d1 = datetime.datetime.now() >>> d2 = datetime.datetime.now() >>> interval = d2 - d1 >>> interval datetime.timedelta(0, 14, 670206) >>> sec = interval.days*24*3600 + interval.seconds >>> sec 14 >>> total_sec = interval.total_seconds() >>> total_sec 14.670206 >>>>>> import datetime >>> d1 = datetime.dat