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Would like to input a date variable and determine whether it is within the time range - harold - Jan-05-2019
Hi, i am new to programming. I would like to create a program which i could input a date variable and if the date variable is not within the range, it would produce another result.
import datetime
d1 = datetime.date(2019,1,1)
d2 = datetime.date(2019,1,30)
inputd_v = datetime.date("Please input date: ")
if inputd_v > d1 < d2:
print (d1)
else:
print ("Your date is out of range")Please assist as right this program. Thanks!
RE: Would like to input a date variable and determine whether it is within the time range - Gribouillis - Jan-05-2019
If you can use an external library, I'd suggest dateutil
>>> from dateutil.parser import parse
>>> parse("2019 1 5").date()
datetime.date(2019, 1, 5)
>>> parse("2019 jan 5").date()
datetime.date(2019, 1, 5)
>>> parse("2019 5 january").date()
datetime.date(2019, 1, 5)
>>> parse("january 5").date()
datetime.date(2019, 1, 5)Also don't write if inputd_v > d1 < d2:, write if d1 < inputd_v < d2. inputd_v needs to be a date instance, not a string.
RE: Would like to input a date variable and determine whether it is within the time range - harold - Jan-05-2019
Noted on the BBCode Gribouillis, however the program is still unable to work.
RE: Would like to input a date variable and determine whether it is within the time range - Gribouillis - Jan-05-2019
Quote: however the program is still unable to work.What does python say? do you have an exception traceback? Oh I see, you forgot to use input,
input("Please input date: ")