How do I convert DiffTime to NominalDiffTime?

Since NominalDiffTime is an instance of Num, you can create it with fromInteger.

>>> fromInteger 1 :: NominalDiffTime
1s

NominalDiffTime and DiffTime both have RealFrac instances and thus both Fractional and Real instances.

You can convert either of them to the other by

fromRational . toRational

Which has type (Real a, Fractional c) => a -> c. This is a very common thing to do, and is provided in the standard prelude.

realToFrac     :: (Real a, Fractional b) => a -> b
realToFrac      =  fromRational . toRational

DiffTime and NominalDiffTime both have Num and Fractional instances. This means you can use both integer and floating literals in place of either of them. All of the following work without any additional ceremony.

addUTCTime (-2)
addUTCTime 600
addUTCTime 0.5