How to tell if a date is between two other dates?
If you convert all your dates to datetime.date, you can write the following:
if start <= date <= end: print("in between")else: print("No!")
As you are still not satisfied, I have another answer for you. Without using datetime and year.
It just uses built-in tuples and comparing them:
d1 = (3, 28)d2 = (3, 31)d3 = (4, 2)if d1 < d2 < d3: print("BETWEEN!")else: print("NOT!")You can create tuple like these easily:
day = 16month = 4d = (month, day)
Use datetime.date:
http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#datetime.date
< operator is overloaded specially for you.
date1 < date2 - date1 is considered less than date2 when date1 precedes date2 in time.
>>> from datetime import date>>> d1 = date(2011, 3, 28)>>> d2 = date(2011, 3, 22)>>> d3 = date(2011, 4, 3)>>> d2 < d1 < d3TrueOr in your prgram:
from datetime import dated1 = date(2011, 3, 28)d2 = date(2011, 3, 22)d3 = date(2011, 4, 3)if d2 < d1 < d3: print('in between')else: print('No!')