How to validate QDateEdit

[LT-K101]

Hi,
I'm trying to validate a QDateEdit but it does not seem working. I want to check if the QDateEdit selected is today's date, if it is the label_1119 should be invisible but if the QDateEdit date is not today's date the label_1119 should be visible .Is it possible to validate QDateEdit? Please I need help around this. Thanks in advance. Below is what I tried.

   newDate = ""    
   now = QDate.currentDate()
   secondDate = self.ui.second_dateEdit.setDate(now)


   if self.ui.second_dateEdit.date().toString() != secondDate:
       self.ui.label_1119.setText(self.ui.second_dateEdit.date().toString())
       self.ui.label_1119.setVisible(True)
   elif  self.ui.second_dateEdit.date().toString() == secondDate:
            self.ui.label_1119.setText(newDate)
            self.ui.label_1119.setVisible(False)
   else:
            self.ui.label_1119.setVisible(False)

[JonB]

@LT-K101 said in How to validate QDateEdit:

secondDate = self.ui.second_dateEdit.setDate(now)

Assuming this is QDateEdit.setDate() it does not return any value at all. So what is in secondDate, and how in the world do you expect to compare it against self.ui.second_dateEdit.date().toString()?

Please I need help around this.

No, you need to make more effort for really simple things. You are quite capable of using print() statements or a debugger on your code for this.

I want to check if the QDateEdit selected is today's date

QDate.currentDate() returns a date. self.ui.second_dateEdit.date() returns a date.

[LT-K101]

@JonB I tried the code below but when I add say four records(rows) all the labels that displays the lineEdit details works fine but none of the labels for the dateEdit works.

Record = 0

self.ui.add_btn.clicked.connect(self.add_info)
self.ui.preview_btn.clicked.connect(self.previewDetails)

def add_info(self):
    
    global Record

    self.ui.lineEdit.setVisible(True)
    self.ui.lineEdit_2.setVisible(True)
    self.ui.lineEdit_3.setVisible(True)
    self.ui.dateEdit.setVisible(True)
    
    Record = 1        
		
		
def previewDetails(self):
	
    currentDate = datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
	
    if self.ui.lineEdit.text().strip() != '':
       self.ui.label_1104.setText(self.ui.lineEdit.text())
       self.ui.label_1104.setVisible(True)
    else:
         self.ui.label_1104.setVisible(False)

    if self.ui.lineEdit_2.text().strip() != '':
       self.ui.label_1109.setText(self.ui.lineEdit.text())
       self.ui.label_1109.setVisible(True)
    else:
            self.ui.label_1109.setVisible(False)

    if self.ui.lineEdit_3.text().strip() != '':
       self.ui.label_1114.setText(self.ui.lineEdit.text())
       self.ui.label_1114.setVisible(True)
    else:
         self.ui.label_1114.setVisible(False)
	
    if Record== 1 and self.ui.dateEdit.date().toPyDate().strftime("%Y-%m-%d") != currentDate:
       self.ui.label_1119.setText(self.ui.dateEdit.date().toPyDate().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
       self.ui.label_1119.setVisible(True)

    else:
        self.ui.label_1119.setVisible(False)

[SGaist]

Hi,

As @JonB already wrote, use the debugger to check what happens with your if. Or just print both values to see what you are dealing with.

[LT-K101]

@SGaist i can not used the pycharm debugger anymore. Below is what displays when i use the debugger.

[SGaist]

Use pdb directly.