Specific date/time code - calculation

[davinci]

I have a date and time code, that looks like this:
202203251159

I would like to know the minutes from {{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M") }}.

What would be the best/easiest way to do that?

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

The minutes portion of that datetime, total minutes for the day, epoch, or what?

Also: The EPIC Time Conversion and Manipulation Thread!.

And did you read the templating docs?

[123 (Taras)]

Use python’s inherent ability to slice strings. This slices the last two characters of the supplied string:

{{ states('sensor.your_sensor)[-2:] }}

On the other hand, if all you want is the minutes of the current time, then it’s simply this:

{{ now().minute }}

[davinci]

I want the absolute difference in minutes. They are in the same time zone.

[123 (Taras)]

You’re not providing enough information in your posts and we’re left with guessing what you want.

For example, your latest post introduces a requirement that wasn’t mentioned in your first post. You now want the “absolute difference in minutes”. The difference between what two things?

[davinci]

Maybe lost in translation but I wanted to have the difference between 202203251159 and now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M").

Sorry, if this wasn‘t clear.

[123 (Taras)]

The difference between the future date and today is 19848 minutes.

{{ ((strptime('202203251159', '%Y%m%d%H%M') | as_local - now()).total_seconds() / 60) | round(0)  }}