Is It Possible To Compare Day + Month(not Year) Against Current Day + Month In Python?

I'm getting data in the format of 'May 10' and I am trying to figure out if its for this year or next. The date is for only a year so May 10 would mean May 10 2015 while May 20 wo

Solution 1:

Parse, then replace the year in the result (with date.replace() and test against today, not a string:

from datetime import date, datetime

today = date.today()
parsed = datetime.strptime(DATE_TO_COMPARE, '%b %d').date().replace(year=today.year)
if parsed > today:
    # lastyear
    parsed = parsed.replace(year=today.year -1)

I used date objects here as the time of day shouldn't figure in your comparisons.

Demo:

>>>from datetime import date, datetime>>>today = date.today()>>>DATE_TO_COMPARE = 'May 10'>>>parsed = datetime.strptime(DATE_TO_COMPARE, '%b %d').date().replace(year=today.year)>>>parsed
datetime.date(2014, 5, 10)
>>>parsed > today
False
>>>DATE_TO_COMPARE = 'May 20'>>>parsed = datetime.strptime(DATE_TO_COMPARE, '%b %d').date().replace(year=today.year)>>>parsed
datetime.date(2014, 5, 20)
>>>parsed > today
True

Solution 2:

from datetime import date, datetime 

today = date.today()

print(today)

DATE_TO_COMPARE = 'Dec 16'

parsed = datetime.strptime(DATE_TO_COMPARE, '%b %d').date().replace(year=today.year)

print(parsed)

print(parsed == today)