time conversion

[flupke]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> "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.
> 
> 
> you mean like
> 
>     >>> timestamp = "2:30"
>     >>> hour, minute = timestamp.split(":")
>     >>> print int(hour) + int(minute) / 60.0
>     2.5
> 
> ?
> 
> </F>
> 
> 
> 
yep, your sollution is shorter so i'll use that :)

Thanks
Benedict