Python convert timedeltas into hours in string format -

i have timedelta object 3457 hours

timedelta(hours=3457) 

i want represent in "hh:mm" format, "3457:00"

i do:

from datetime import datetime hours = timedelta(hours=3457) hours_string =  time.strftime("%h:%m", time.gmtime(hours.seconds)) print hours_string  "01:00" 

how can "3457:00"?

please note 3457:00 nonsensical format. "hour-colon-minutes" format used in dates , times, , hour can't reasonably higher 23. more reasonable format is: 3457h 0m.

you can this:

from datetime import timedelta  delta = timedelta(hours=3457) minutes, seconds = divmod(delta.seconds, 60) hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60) hours += delta.days * 24  print '%sh %sm' % (hours, minutes) 

of course, easier way this:

from datetime import timedelta  delta = timedelta(hours=3457) print delta 

but give "144 days, 1:00:00", sane format, not want.