Django - Comparing Datetime Field With Server Time In Template Tags

I have an app with the following models.py file: from django.db import models import datetime class Event(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=255) de

Solution 1:

You shouldn't create a today_date field. It will be set to the default value when the object is created, but it won't be automatically updated each day.

today_date = models.DateField(default=datetime.date.today)

You could pass today's date as a variable from your view to the template context and do the comparison in the template, but it's better to keep the templates as simple as possible. A better approach would be to create a method on your model, e.g. is_future_event:

from datetime import date

classEvent(models.Model):
    event_date = models.DateField()
    ...

    defis_future_event(self):
        return self.event_date > date.today()

Then in your template, you can call the method as follows:

{% foreventin object_list %}
    {% ifevent.is_future_event %}
        Future event
    {% else %}
        Today orin the past
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}