def total_seconds(delta):
    """Return the total seconds of datetime.timedelta object.

    Compute total seconds of datetime.timedelta, datetime.timedelta
    doesn't have method total_seconds in Python2.6, calculate it manually.
    """
    try:
        return delta.total_seconds()
    except AttributeError:
        return ((delta.days * 24 * 3600) + delta.seconds +
                float(delta.microseconds) / (10 ** 6))