See this: In [3]: OrderedDict(a=1) == {"a": 1} Out[3]: True
> "Today" (10/Sep) is not equal to "right now" (10/Sep, 11:28 am). > Makes sense no? True, but datetime.date(2013, 1, 1) == datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1) should still get me true. (The argument being, date.__eq__ should only care about the date components, it shouldn't even care about the time components. However datetime.__eq__ should care about the time components. However you want the __eq__ to be symmetric, so my argument doesn't work) On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in>wrote: > Shabda Raaj <sha...@agiliq.com> writes: > > >> I'd expect it to be False. There will be a small amount of time between > > the two invocations and the time will change > > > > Ok, that makes sense. Should have written a better test case. What about > > this. > > > >>>> datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1) == datetime.date(2013, 1, 1) > > False > >>>> datetime.datetime.today() == datetime.date.today() > > False > > I think that's reasonable. > > "Today" (10/Sep) is not equal to "right now" (10/Sep, 11:28 am). > > Makes sense no? > > However, > > >>> x, y = datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1), datetime.date(2013, 1, 1) > >>> x.date() == y > True > > which is much more sensible. > > For what it's worth, I think this whole business of dates and times is a > mess. > > > -- > Cordially, > Noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > -- Thanks, Shabda Agiliq.com - Building Amazing Apps agiliq.com/blog/ | github.com/agiliq US: +13152854388 | IN: +919949997612 | Skype: shabda.raaj Our Android Apps <https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Agiliq> | Our iOS Apps <https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/agiliq/id407918088> _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers