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1. Comparing dates in Python    stackoverflow.com

Here's a little snippet that I'm trying execute:

>>> from datetime import *
>>> item_date = datetime.strptime('7/16/10', "%m/%d/%y")
>>> from_date = date.today()-timedelta(days=3)
>>> print type(item_date)
<type 'datetime.datetime'>
>>> print type(from_date)
<type 'datetime.date'>
>>> if item_date > from_date:
...   ...

2. Problem with date comparison in python    stackoverflow.com

Hi i am a new user in python. I have some problem with this date comparison. I have tried several times but couldn't find out how to compare two dates. Can anyone ...

3. How to tell if a date is between two other dates in Python?    stackoverflow.com

I have the following codes:

if date in (start, end):
        print 'in between'
else:
      ...

4. can't compare datetime.datetime to datetime.date    stackoverflow.com

I have the following code and am getting the above error. Since I'm new to python I'm having trouble understanding the syntax here and how I can fix the error:

if not ...

5. python comparing date. check for old file    stackoverflow.com

I want to check in python if a file is older than a certain amount of time. ( for instance 2 days ) I managed to get the file creation time in ...

6. How to compare dates in Python?    stackoverflow.com

I'm s Python beginner. I need to see if a date have more than X days. How can I do this in Python? I have tested something like:

if datetime.date(2010, 1, 12) > ...

7. Simplify a date comparison    stackoverflow.com

I've got the following python code that does a date comparison for a list sort function (e.g. date_list.sort(cmp=dcmp). I'm wondering if it's possibly to remove the cmp/if testing and ...

8. How to get and compare date and time of given files in python    stackoverflow.com

Is there any handy functions can retrieve timestamp from given files or even compare them? My ideal usage would be like this:

time_diff = date(file_path_a) - date(file_path_b) # time_diff would be a ...

9. How to compare two dates?    stackoverflow.com

How would I compare two dates to see which is later, using Python? For example, I want to check if the current date is past the last date in this list I ...

10. Comparing the date in a file to present date    bytes.com

11. compare dates    python-forum.org

12. how to compare two dates to see which one came first?    python-forum.org

13. Comparing dates    python-forum.org

Hello all, this is my first post here on the forums, I'm a python newbie and need some help comparing dates in python. Basically I am writing a python app that needs to perform something if it has been 7 or more days since the last time it's been done (the python script will be run every time windows starts, so ...

14. Date comparison    python-forum.org

Well this seems SOOOO simple, but its got be stumped. I am trying to do a conditional on two dates...the statement looks like this... if request.user.date_joined == request.user.last_login: ...but this evaluates to false every time. From what I understand this should be comparing the values, and not the object. I've tried every manner of string converter at the end to no ...