On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:36:30 +0000, flupke wrote: > Is there an easy to convert following hour notation hh:mm > to decimals? > For instance 2 hours and 30 minutes as 2:30 to 2,50 > I don't really know where to search for this kind of conversion.
def str_HMS(s): """Convert a string "H:M:S" to a tuple of numbers (H, M, S). H and M must be integers, S may be a float. """ L = s.split(":") if len(L) < 3: raise ValueError("Too few fields in H:M:S string.") elif len(L) > 3: raise ValueError("Too many fields in H:M:S string.") H = int(L[0]) M = int(L[1]) S = float(L[2]) return (H, M, S) def HMS_Seconds(hours, minutes, seconds): """Convert hours minutes seconds to seconds.""" return hours*60*60 + minutes*60 + seconds def HMS_Hours(hours, minutes, seconds): """Convert hours minutes seconds to hours.""" return hours + minutes/60.0 + seconds/(60.0**2) def Hours_HMS(h): """Convert time t in hours to hours minutes seconds.""" hours = int(t) t = (t - hours)*60 minutes = int(t) seconds = (t - minutes)*60 return (hours, minutes, seconds) def Seconds_HMS(h): """Convert time t in seconds to hours minutes seconds.""" hours, t = divmod(t, 60*60) minutes, seconds = divmod(t, 60) return (hours, minutes, seconds) -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list