How to add Minutes to Datetime in Python

# Add minutes to datetime in Python

Use the timedelta() class from the datetime module to add minutes to datetime, e.g. result = dt + timedelta(minutes=10).

The timedelta class can be passed a minutes argument and adds the specified number of minutes to the datetime object.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

d = '2023-11-24 09:30:00.000123'

# 👇️ convert string to datetime object
dt = datetime.strptime(d, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')

print(dt)  # 👉️ 2023-11-24 09:30:00.000123

result = dt + timedelta(minutes=29)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-11-24 09:59:00.000123

Make sure to import the datetime and timedelta classes from the datetime module.

The example creates a datetime object from a datetime string and adds minutes to it.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

d = '2023-11-24 09:30:00.000123'

# 👇️ convert string to datetime object
dt = datetime.strptime(d, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')

print(dt)  # 👉️ 2023-11-24 09:30:00.000123

result = dt + timedelta(minutes=29)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-11-24 09:59:00.000123

The datetime.strptime() method returns a datetime object that corresponds to the provided date string, parsed according to the format.

If you have a date string that is formatted in a different way, use this table of the docs to look up the format codes you should pass as the second argument to the strptime() method.

# Add minutes to a datetime object using the timedelta class

The following example uses the datetime class to create a datetime object and the timedelta class to add minutes to it.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

dt = datetime(2023, 9, 24, 9, 30, 35)
print(dt)  # 👉️ 2023-09-24 09:30:35

result = dt + timedelta(minutes=15)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-09-24 09:45:35

We passed values for the year, month, day, hour, minute and second arguments.

# Adding minutes to the current time

You can use the datetime.today() method to get a datetime object that represents the current date and time to add minutes to the current time.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.today()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:32:39.521250

result = now + timedelta(minutes=5)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:37:39.521250

The datetime.today() method returns the current local datetime.

The timedelta class can be passed the days, weeks, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds and microseconds as arguments.

All of the arguments are optional and default to 0.

It's best to only use keyword arguments in a call to the timedelta class as the order of arguments can be confusing.

We only provided a value for the minutes argument in the example.

This wouldn't be possible if we only had the time component. For example, 11:59:30PM + 15 minutes would raise an exception.

# Using the time() method to extract the time after the operation

If you only need to extract the time after the operation, call the time() method on the datetime object.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:33:06.313209

result = now + timedelta(minutes=25)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:58:06.313209

# ✅ only get updated time
print(result.time())  # 👉️ 05:58:06.313209

We used the datetime.now method to get the current local date and time.

The datetime.time() method returns a time object with the same hour, minute, second and millisecond.

If you need to get the time formatted as HH:MM:SS, use a formatted string literal.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:33:54.666803

result = now + timedelta(minutes=25)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 05:58:54.666803

print(result.time())  # 👉️ 05:58:54.666803

# 👇️ format as HH:MM:SS
print(f'{result:%H:%M:%S}')  # 👉️ 05:58:54

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

Make sure to wrap expressions in curly braces - {expression}.

Formatted string literals also enable us to use the format specification mini-language in expression blocks.

# Use datetime.combine if you only have the time component

If you only have the time component, use the datetime.combine method to combine the time with the current (or some other) date and get a datetime object.

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from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta, time

t = time(9, 25)
print(t)  # 👉️ 09:25:00

result = datetime.combine(date.today(), t) + timedelta(minutes=30)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 09:55:00

only_t = result.time()
print(only_t)  # 👉️ 09:55:00

The datetime.combine() method takes a date and time as arguments and returns a new datetime object by combining them.

Once we get a datetime object, we can use the timedelta class to add minutes to it.

Use the time() method on the datetime object if you only need to extract the time after the operation.

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from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta, time

t = time(9, 25)
print(t)  # 👉️ 09:25:00

result = datetime.combine(date.today(), t) + timedelta(minutes=30)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2023-02-19 09:55:00

# ✅ Only get updated time
only_t = result.time()
print(only_t)  # 👉️ 09:55:00

The datetime.time() method returns a time object with the same hour, minute, second and millisecond.

# Additional Resources

You can learn more about the related topics by checking out the following tutorials:

• How to add Days or Weeks to a Date in Python
• How to add Hours to Datetime in Python
• How to add Milliseconds to Datetime in Python
• How to add Months to a Date in Python
• How to add Seconds to Datetime in Python
• How to Add year(s) to a date in Python
• Can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes [Fix]
• How to convert a datetime.timedelta to String in Python