MichaelStetner

def total_seconds(timedelta):
    """Convert timedeltas to seconds

    In Python, time differences can take many formats. This function can take
    timedeltas in any format and return the corresponding number of seconds, as
    a float.

    Beware! Representing timedeltas as floats is not as precise as representing
    them as a timedelta object in datetime, numpy, or pandas.