os.difftime issue

[BernhardtZs 0]

I have a little problem but I do not know what could be wrong.

I have two time stamp. And wanted to calculate the difference between these.

timestamp1 = 2025-03-21T7:18:0Z

timestamp2 = 2025-03-21T8:21:56Z

my coding: 

elapsed_time = os.difftime(end_time, start_time)

the result is:

time elapsed: 236.0

This means in seconds, and it is about 3 minutes. But the right result hsould be 1 hour and 3 minutes.

What could be wrong here?

 

BUT!

if the difference is more that 1 hour...it works perfectly!

timestamp1 = 2025-03-21T6:18:0Z

timestamp2 = 2025-03-21T8:57:23Z

the result is: 1 hour 39 minutes, what is right

Edited March 21, 2025 by BernhardtZs

[jgab 2,645]

For me it works. You have an HC3 or HC3 Lite ?

Alt. 236 is 3min and 56secs. Do you parse the timestamp wrong?

timestamp1 = 2025-03-21T7:18:0Z

timestamp2 = 2025-03-21T8:21:56Z

21:56-18 .... ?

 

[BernhardtZs 0]

Hi!

The calculation looks like 8:21:56 - 7:18:0.

For me this is 1:03:56.

What is 3836 sec.

[Stycx 9]

I just tried to compare the two times (quick and dirty). Tested on a YH.

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This prints out 3836.0 what is correct.

So perhaps you can show more of your code to evaluate what possibly could go wrong.