I figured out what to do. I created a new instance in the view.py:
def search(request): newdate='1999' In the template I used the "Y" for both instances and was able to get the comparison to work: {% ifequal items.startdt|date:"Y" newdate|date:"Y" %} this does the correct comparison {% endifequal %} --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---