Checking date against date range in Python

Question

I have a date variable: 2011-01-15 and I would like to get a boolean back if said date is within 3 days from TODAY. Im not quite sure how to construct this in P

Answer 1

Object oriented solution

import datetime

class DatetimeRange:
    def __init__(self, dt1, dt2):
        self._dt1 = dt1
        self._dt2 = dt2

    def __contains__(self, dt):
        return self._dt1 < dt < self._dt2

dt1 = datetime.datetime.now()
dt2 = dt1 + datetime.timedelta(days = 2)
test_true = dt1 + datetime.timedelta(days = 1)
test_false = dt1 + datetime.timedelta(days = 5)

test_true in DatetimeRange(dt1, dt2) #Returns True
test_false in DatetimeRange(dt1, dt2) #Returns False