Convert datetime since a given date to minutes [duplicate]

Answer 1

>>> import datetime
>>> now = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> then  = datetime.datetime(year=2012, month=1, day=1)
>>> delta=now-then

This is a timedelta object representing an interval of time.

>>> print delta
240 days, 11:05:25.507000

To count the minutes during that interval, use:

>>> print delta.total_seconds() / 60
346265.42511666665