How do I compare a datetime object of this format
"Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:35:37 GMT" with the current time ?
You can use datetime module to convert from datetime string into datetimetime object.
then get different between two datetime objects.
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> a = datetime.strptime("Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:35:37 GMT", "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", )
>>> b = datetime.strptime("Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:40:40 GMT", "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", )
>>> c1 = b - a
>>> c1
datetime.timedelta(1, 3903)
>>> c1.days
1
>>> c1.total_seconds()
90303.0
>>> c1.seconds
3903
>>>