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On Monday, October 29, 2012 11:11:55 PM UTC-4, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 10/29/2012 10:13 PM, noydb wrote:
> 
> > I guess I get there eventually!  
> 
> > This seems to work
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> >
> 
> >     pdf_timeStamp = time.strftime("%m%d%y%H%M%S",time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(pdf)))
> 
> >     intermediateTime = time.strptime(pdf_timeStamp, "%m%d%y%H%M%S")
> 
> >     pdfFile_compareTime = time.mktime(intermediateTime)
> 
> >
> 
> > (and I'll do the same to the user entered date-n-time and then compare)
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> >
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> >
> 
> > Lastly, so can anyone chime in and tell me if this is a good method or not?  Is there a better way?
> 
> 
> 
> Please read the rest of the thread in particular the message 3 hours ago
> 
> from Gary Herron
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> 
> 
>                 import datetime, os, stat
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>                 mtime = os.lstat(filename)[stat.ST_MTIME]   // the files
> 
> modification time
> 
>                 dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(mtime)
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> 
> 
> Now you can compare two datetimes simply by
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>    if dt1 < dt2:
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> 
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> Or you can subtract them, and examine the difference.
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> 
> 
> What's the need for all that string conversion stuff?
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> -- 
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> DaveA

okay, I see.
But for the user supplied date... I'm not sure of the format just yet... testing with a string for now (actual date-date might be possible, tbd later), so like '10292012213000' (oct 29, 2012 9:30pm).  How would you get that input into a format to compare with dt above?

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date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 16:13 -0700
  Re: date and time comparison how to Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2012-10-29 17:04 -0700
  Re: date and time comparison how to MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-30 00:50 +0000
    Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 18:47 -0700
      Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:02 -0700
        Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:13 -0700
          Re: date and time comparison how to Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-29 23:11 -0400
            Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 21:20 -0700
              Re: date and time comparison how to Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 17:12 +1100
              Re: date and time comparison how to Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-30 05:35 -0400
            Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 21:20 -0700
          Re: date and time comparison how to MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-30 03:30 +0000
        Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:13 -0700
      Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 19:02 -0700
    Re: date and time comparison how to noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 18:47 -0700
  RE: date and time comparison how to "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-31 21:04 +0000
  Re: date and time comparison how to Adam  Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> - 2012-11-02 07:22 -0400

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