Im trying to make if-statements with tkcalendar but dont know why it is not working.
from tkinter import *
from tkcalendar import *
import datetime
root = Tk()
root.title('Hi')
root.geometry('500x400')
cal = Calendar(root, date_pattern="d/m/y", year = 2020, month = 11, day = 1)
cal.pack(pady=20)
def grab_date():
my_label.config(text = cal.get_date())
d = cal.get_date()
print(d)
if datetime.datetime.strptime('01/11/2020', "%d/%m/%Y").strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
<=d<=datetime.datetime.strptime('01/1/2021', "%d/%m/%Y").strftime("%d/%m/%Y"):
print('ok')
my_button = Button(root, text = 'Get date', command = grab_date)
my_button.pack()
my_label = Label(root, text = ' ')
my_label.pack(pady = 20)
root.mainloop()
It does not print 'ok' when I press the button between the dates. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem and how the if-statements are done when using tkcalendar? I want to then to add more conditions of when other dates are pressed print something else.
Consider the below example.
import datetime
def betweenDates(date,start,end):
return (date>start) and (date<end)
start = datetime.datetime.strptime('01/11/2020', "%d/%m/%Y").date()
end = datetime.datetime.strptime('01/1/2021', "%d/%m/%Y").date()
today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
if betweenDates(today,start,end):
print("Ok")
This will compare today's date to see if it is between two specified dates using a function (makes the if statement line shorter and the comparison reusable).
To do this with tkcalendar you need to convert the date from it to a datetime object (or since you want to remove the time, a datetime.date object)
Since tkcalendar returns a string you need to use strptime to parse it. Might look like this
d = datetime.datetime.strptime(cal.get_date(),"%d/%m/%Y").date()
Hope that helps you to get your code working
Edit: Your function may look like this. Untested however due to lack of tkcalendar installed
def grab_date():
my_label.config(text = cal.get_date())
d = datetime.datetime.strptime(cal.get_date(),"%d/%m/%Y").date()
print(d)
start = datetime.datetime.strptime('01/11/2020', "%d/%m/%Y").date()
end = datetime.datetime.strptime('01/1/2021', "%d/%m/%Y").date()
if betweenDates(d,start,end):
print('ok')