How can I compare a date and a datetime in Python?

Question

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

>>> from datetime import *
>>> item_date = datetime.strptime(\'7/16/10\', \"%m/%d/%y\")
         


        

Answer 1

I am trying to compare date which are in string format like '20110930'

benchMark = datetime.datetime.strptime('20110701', "%Y%m%d") 

actualDate = datetime.datetime.strptime('20110930', "%Y%m%d")

if actualDate.date() < benchMark.date():
    print True