How to find subtimespan in a timespan like a string in python

Question

I have a string of a timespan like this:

timespan = '08.00-14:00'

I want to know if this timespan is at least n hours, for example 2 hours:

if timespan >= 2:
    do something

Answer 1

Edit: You can try something like

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

timespan = '23.00-01:00'

start_time, end_time = timespan.split('-')
start_time = datetime.strptime(start_time, '%H.%M')
end_time = datetime.strptime(end_time, '%H:%M')

if end_time <= start_time:
    # end_time is on the next day, add 1 day to end_time
    end_time += timedelta(days=1)

duration = end_time - start_time

if duration >= timedelta(hours=2):
    print("The duration is at least 2 hours.")
else:
    print("The duration is less than 2 hours.")