Problem with was_published_today()

[dan.j.hakimi@…]

On ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/, you write the following function:

def was_published_today(self):
        return self.pub_date.date() == datetime.date.today()

This doesn't work (I tried it), as "today" returns a full datetime, instead of just a date (odd, I guess). Instead, you want:

def was_published_today(self):
        return self.pub_date.date() == datetime.date.today().date()

Or something else that works.

[Danny Lawrence]

The was_published_today should be returning a Boolean not the date.

I was unable to replicate the fault with the following commands.

 $ python manage.py shell
 >>> from polls.models import Poll,Choice
 >>> import datetime
 >>> p = Poll(question="What's up?", pub_date=datetime.datetime.now())
 >>> p.was_published_today()
 True
 >>> p.pub_date = datetime.datetime(2007, 4, 1, 0, 0)
 >>> p.was_published_today()
 False