Using now in an if

[Larry Martell]

I'm trying to use now in an if like this:

{% if value|date:"Ymd" == now "Ymd" %}

This is failing with: 'Unused '"Ymd"' at end of if expression.'

If I quote it:

{% if value|date:"Ymd" == 'now "Ymd"' %}

I don't get the syntax error, but the if does not evaluate to true
when the dates match.

I need to see if the date in {{ value }} is `today' - how can I do that?

-larry

[Daniel Roseman]

Write a custom "is_today" filter. Two lines of code.

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DR.

[Larry Martell]

Thanks for the reply. I ended up doing what I needed in python on the sever.

So I guess there is no way to use now in an if?