datetime - Compare string in format HH:MM to time now in python -

i have string of format "hh:mm" , need compare time in python.

i did read through datetime documentation not figure out elegant perform comparison (being total rookie not either:))

thanks reading this!

you can use datetimes's strptime() function convert string valid datetime:

>>>d=datetime.datetime.strptime('15:30','%h:%m')

and later compare now's time():

>>>dnow=datetime.datetime.now()  #11:42 here ;) >>>dnow.time() < d.time() true

you can read doc's strftime() , strptime() behavior explained these methods , have table resuming directives parse dates.

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