Installation $ [sudo] pip install django-datetime-elapsed-field Classes class __doc__ django_datetime_elapsed_field.DateTimeElapsedField models.DateTimeField subclass with elapsed attr Examples >>> from django.db import models >>> from django_datetime_elapsed_field import DateTimeElapsedField >>> class Example(models.Model): created_at = DateTimeElapsedField(auto_now_add=True) >>> instance = Example.objects.get(id=42) >>> instance.created_at.elapsed '15:26:51' >>> int(instance.created_at.elapsed) 55611 >>> instance.created_at.elapsed.seconds 55611 >>> instance.created_at.elapsed.minutes 926 >>> instance.created_at.elapsed.hours 15 >>> instance.created_at.elapsed.days 0 django-readme-generator