Create a Python timedelta from text.

Python_time_delta_from_text.py

from datetime import timedelta
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def get_time_delta_from_text(text):
	kwargs = dict()

	for pair in text.split(','):
		name, sep, value = pair.partition('=')

		try:
			kwargs[name] = int(value)
		except ValueError as e:
			logger.error('Non-integer value (%s) for %s.', value, name)
			raise e

	return timedelta(**kwargs)