Why is my date comparison to the current date not working python

Asked Jan 26 '18 at 14:51

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I think this is something simple but cannot figure it out. I have a string as a date that comes in as an argument in this format: 01/12/2017. I compare this with the current date: now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")

The code:

if date <= now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y"):
                        print(1)

Problem is if the current date is less than the date I pass in this still returns true.

I've googled and looks like this is the way to do it.

asked Jan 26 '18 at 14:51

Sam

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the date format isn't ISO: comparing date strings doesn't work! – Jean-François Fabre Jan 26 '18 at 14:55
hmm how can I get this to work with comparing a date that comes in as a string to the current date – Sam Jan 26 '18 at 14:55
parse the string instead of generating a string from a date. See linked answers – Jean-François Fabre Jan 26 '18 at 14:56
that works only with dates like `now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")` (year then month then day) – Jean-François Fabre Jan 26 '18 at 14:57
@Jean-FrançoisFabre thanks I've changed this the linked answers show how to compare a strptime but now I have a strptime that I parsed my variable in and need to compare it to a strftime :/ shows an error of comparing wrong types :( – Sam Jan 26 '18 at 15:07
dont use `strftime`. Compare date objects instead. – Jean-François Fabre Jan 26 '18 at 15:09

Why is my date comparison to the current date not working python

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