Parses a string and return a datetime.timedelta.
    :param value: string to parse
    :type value: str
    :return: timedelta object or None if value is None
    :rtype: timedelta/None
    :raise: TypeError when value is not string
    :raise: ValueError when value is not proper timedelta string

def parse_timedelta(value):
    """
    Parses a string and return a datetime.timedelta.
    :param value: string to parse
    :type value: str
    :return: timedelta object or None if value is None
    :rtype: timedelta/None
    :raise: TypeError when value is not string
    :raise: ValueError when value is not proper timedelta string
    """
    if value is None:
        return None

    if not isinstance(value, six.string_types):
        raise TypeError('value must be a string type')

    match = INTERVAL_REGEX.search(value)

    if match:
        data = match.groupdict()
        return timedelta(**dict((key, int(data[key] or 0)) for key in data))
    else:
        raise ValueError("Value '%s' doesn't appear to be a valid timedelta "
                         "string" % value)