Checking if date is overdue from text file

Question

I have a text file that has users and then due dates. I would like to be able to read the due date which was initially input by the user and see if the date is overdue compared with the current date. Any help would be appreciated.

Text file:

User: Tommy

Gender: Male

Date due: 2020-02-18

The code I have so far is:

import datetime
data = open("duedate.txt", "r")
    d = datetime.datetime.today()
    line = data.readlines(3)
    if line > d
        print("This date is overdue ")

Sayandip Dutta · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-19T09:55:26.257

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Try this:

import datetime
today = datetime.datetime.today()
with open("duedate.txt", "r") as f:
    for line in f:
        if not line.startswith('Date due'): continue
        field, value = line.split(':')
        if field == 'Date due':
            if datetime.datetime.strptime(value.strip(), '%Y-%m-%d') < today:
                print("Overdue")

edited Feb 19 '20 at 09:55

answered Feb 19 '20 at 06:51

Sayandip Dutta

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Thank you for the suggestion... When i run the code... Its printing overdue even if the date is still valid. Thank you – NoobDev88 Feb 19 '20 at 09:53
Oh sorry, i inverted the logic, it should have been less than `<`. Editing. – Sayandip Dutta Feb 19 '20 at 09:54
@NoobDev88 could you check now? – Sayandip Dutta Feb 19 '20 at 09:55
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This is absolutely perfect! Thank you @Sayandip.... I should have realized that too but its perfect now thank you! – NoobDev88 Feb 19 '20 at 09:58

Checking if date is overdue from text file

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