How do I remove the microseconds from a timedelta object?

Question

I do a calculation of average time, and I would like to display the resulted average without microseconds.

avg = sum(datetimes, datetime.timedelta(0)) / len(datetimes) 

Answer 1

If it is just for the display, this idea works :

avgString = str(avg).split(".")[0] 

The idea is to take only what is before the point. It will return 01:23:45 for 01:23:45.1235

Answer 2

Take the timedelta and remove its own microseconds, as microseconds and read-only attribute:

avg = sum(datetimes, datetime.timedelta(0)) / len(datetimes) avg = avg - datetime.timedelta(microseconds=avg.microseconds) 

You can make your own little function if it is a recurring need:

import datetime  def chop_microseconds(delta):     return delta - datetime.timedelta(microseconds=delta.microseconds) 

I have not found a better solution.