From dfdffb26695670a1eeb04a7075af1031d4c967cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <sadrul@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 08:55:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] This is a better comparison function for the rss items.

---
 example/rss/gntrss.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/example/rss/gntrss.py b/example/rss/gntrss.py
index c85ae2e..2f2dfd7 100644
--- a/example/rss/gntrss.py
+++ b/example/rss/gntrss.py
@@ -33,10 +33,16 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 def compare_feed_items(i1, i2):
-	if i1.date < i2.date:
-		return -1
-	elif i1.date > i2.date:
-		return 1
+	try:
+		v1 = time.mktime(time.strptime(i1.date, '%a, %d %b %Y %X %Z'))
+		v2 = time.mktime(time.strptime(i2.date, '%a, %d %b %Y %X %Z'))
+		sys.stderr.write("Comparing %s (%f) and %s (%f)\n" % (i1.date, v1, i2.date, v2))
+		if v1 < v2:
+			return 1
+		elif v1 > v2:
+			return -1
+	except:
+		pass
 	return 0
 
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