& operator with datetime. Django

Question

I have two dates (datetime), and I would like to make a condition in my view using these dates.

      date_start = object.date1
      date_end = object.date2
      now = datetime.datetime.now()

      if now >= date_start & now <=date_end :
            ...

I have this error: unsupported operand type(s) for &: 'datetime.datetime'. So I tried to add now = now.date(), but still doesn't work.

Any idea on how to do that? Thank you.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '12 at 09:00

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Python uses and for boolean and:

if now >= date_start and now <= date_end:
    ....

It also supports a neat way of testing inequalities:

if date_start <= now <= date_end:
    ....

answered Nov 22 '12 at 09:00

Tim

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Thank you very much! Now I get this error: "can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes". But I guess it's an other issue. – Juliette Dupuis Nov 22 '12 at 09:04
@JulietteDupuis: Maybe http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10652819/django-1-4-cant-compare-offset-naive-and-offset-aware-datetimes can help you with that. – Tim Nov 22 '12 at 09:05
Yes indeed! It solved my problem. Thank you again, I'll mark this answer. – Juliette Dupuis Nov 22 '12 at 09:07
@JulietteDupuis: No problem, glad to help. – Tim Nov 22 '12 at 09:26

& operator with datetime. Django

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