#!/usr/bin/env python3 from datetime import datetime, timedelta time_file = open('time.txt','r') total_time = timedelta() for line in time_file: date_time_description = line.split(" ", 2) hours, minutes = date_time_description[1].split(':', 1) delta = timedelta(hours=int(hours), minutes=int(minutes)) total_time += delta print('Total time: ', total_time)