date conversion from list in python

Question

I am new to Python, I have list l with 8th element like this, I want this to be compared with, Coding like this. Can some body let me know, is this right way of comparing string to time format?

>>> l[7]
'07APR2015'
>>> import time
>>> td= time.strftime('%Y%m%d')
>>> td
'20170227'
>>> l[7]>td
False
>>> l[7]<td
True
>>> tt ='02APR2015'
>>> tt > td
False
>>> tt < td
True

If not, please suggest me in conversion.

Thanks for the help.

`'07APR2015'` is a string. You're comparing as strings, which may seem like it works sometimes, but it's not! you have to parse the date first. — Jean-François Fabre, Feb 27 '17 at 15:03
problem is you have to provide a list of months abbreviations first for all your months (I don't know which system issues those dates). — Jean-François Fabre, Feb 27 '17 at 15:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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as say in the comment you need to convert the string to a datetime

take a look at this question , you have an exemple how to convert date

a solution can be (in python 3) :

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime_object = datetime.strptime('07APR2015', '%d%b%Y')                   
>>> datetime_object
datetime.datetime(2015, 4, 7, 0, 0)
>>> now = datetime.now()                                      
>>> now < datetime_object
False
>>> now > datetime_object
True

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Feb 27 '17 at 15:12

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This is helpful, thank you, but now is giving me seconds also, which i dont need, I would like to compare with date part of now, can you help me with that? Thanks ! again – subro Feb 27 '17 at 15:21
You can get the date object from a datetime : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3743222/how-do-i-convert-datetime-to-date-in-python – jmny Feb 27 '17 at 15:25
Thank you, This really helps – subro Feb 27 '17 at 15:27

date conversion from list in python

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