def convert_timedelta(obj):
    """Returns a TIME column as a timedelta object:

      >>> timedelta_or_None('25:06:17')
      datetime.timedelta(1, 3977)
      >>> timedelta_or_None('-25:06:17')
      datetime.timedelta(-2, 83177)

    Illegal values are returned as None:

      >>> timedelta_or_None('random crap') is None
      True

    Note that MySQL always returns TIME columns as (+|-)HH:MM:SS, but
    can accept values as (+|-)DD HH:MM:SS. The latter format will not
    be parsed correctly by this function.
    """
    if not PY2 and isinstance(obj, (bytes, bytearray)):
        obj = obj.decode('ascii')

    m = TIMEDELTA_RE.match(obj)
    if not m:
        return obj

    try:
        groups = list(m.groups())
        groups[-1] = _convert_second_fraction(groups[-1])
        negate = -1 if groups[0] else 1
        hours, minutes, seconds, microseconds = groups[1:]

        tdelta = datetime.timedelta(
            hours = int(hours),
            minutes = int(minutes),
            seconds = int(seconds),
            microseconds = int(microseconds)
            ) * negate
        return tdelta
    except ValueError:
        return obj