converting a time string to seconds in python
Question: I need to convert time value strings given in the following format to
seconds.I am using `python2.6`

eg:

    
    
    1.'00:00:00,000'  -> 0 seconds
    
    2.'00:00:10,000'  -> 10 seconds
    
    3.'00:01:04,000' -> 64 seconds
    
    4. '01:01:09,000' -> 3669 seconds
    

Do I need to use regex to do this ?I tried to use time module,but
`time.strptime('00:00:00,000','%I:%M:%S')` threw

    
    
    ValueError: time data '00:00:00,000' does not match format '%I:%M:%S'
    

Can someone tell me how this can be solved?

Edit:

I think

    
    
     pt =datetime.datetime.strptime(timestring,'%H:%M:%S,%f')
     total_seconds = pt.second+pt.minute*60+pt.hour*3600
    

gives the correct value..I was using the wrong module


Answer: For Python 2.7:

    
    
    >>> import datetime
    >>> import time
    >>> x = time.strptime('00:01:00,000'.split(',')[0],'%H:%M:%S')
    >>> datetime.timedelta(hours=x.tm_hour,minutes=x.tm_min,seconds=x.tm_sec).total_seconds()
    60.0
    

