timedelta.total_seconds

>>> # Components of another_year add up to exactly 365 days
>>> import datetime as dt
>>> year = dt.timedelta(days=365)
>>> another_year = dt.timedelta(weeks=40, days=84, hours=23,
...                             minutes=50, seconds=600)
>>> year == another_year
True
>>> year.total_seconds()
31536000.0