Comparing two dates in Django [duplicate]

Question

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How to compare datetime in Django?

I need to compare 2 dates

object.submit_date.ctime() > user.last_login.ctime()

but always get false.

no matter whether last_login it is after the last submit_date

Answer 1

are comparing wrong, you have to use date() or isoformat() instead of ctime()

Like this:

object.submit_date.isoformat() > user.last_login.isoformat()

this includes the time

or

object.submit_date.date() > user.last_login.date()

Answer 2

If its a datetime object. you can simply compare the datetime ojects rather than using ctime.

>>> a =datetime.now()
>>> b = datetime.now()
>>> a>b
False
>>> b>a
True