Day 2 commit, parse_time.py

Author: ChallengedMike

days/01-03-datetimes/code/parse_time.py

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+from datetime import datetime
+
+def convert_to_datetime(line):
+    '''Extract date and time from a line of text, return as a datetime object.'''
+    
+    # Find the part of the string that contains the information about time.
+    date_string = line.split()[1]
+    date = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+    return date
+
+def time_between_shutdowns(loglines):
+    '''TODO 2:
+       Extract shutdown events ("Shutdown initiated") from loglines and calculate the 
+       timedelta between the first and last one. 
+       Return this datetime.timedelta object.'''
+    
+    datetimes_from_log = [convert_to_datetime(line) for line in loglines if line.startswith('INFO')]
+    return datetimes_from_log[-1] - datetimes_from_log[0]