How can I check if a date is the same day as datetime.today()?

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This condition always evaluates to True even if it's the same day because it is comparing time.

from datetime import datetime

# ...

if date_num_posts < datetime.today():

How can I check if a date is the same day as datetime.today()?

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Another alternative is to convert the date in strings and compare them.

from datetime import datetime

today= datetime.today()

if today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') == other_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'):
    print("same day as today: {0}".format(today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')))
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