try this kind of whacky line: from DateTime.DateTime import DateTime you can then do date1= DateTime(str1) date2= DateTime(str2) if date1==date2: ... -- Andy McKay. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Grimes" <sgrimes@atinucleus.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:43 PM Subject: [Zope] Trouble with dates in an External Method I'm having trouble using dates in an external method. I can't get it to import the python DateTime module. I need to compare two dates which are in string form in the external method. I know that this isn't a good description of what I'm trying to do but I'm new to Zope development. If this should go to a different mailing list please let me know. Thanks in advance for any help, Steven