python对日期排序_python对列表中的字典按[key]时间排序

#coding:utf-8

"""

author：the5fire

date:2012-10-10

function:

sort dict list by key

"""

importdatetime

result_data =[]

result_data.append({

'id': 2,

'create_time': '2012-10-8 11:09:22',

})

result_data.append({

'id': 3,

'create_time': '2012-10-10 11:09:22',

})

result_data.append({

'id': 1,

'create_time': '2012-10-1 11:09:22',

})

def cmp_datetime(a, b):

a_datetime =datetime.datetime.strptime(a,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

b_datetime =datetime.datetime.strptime(b,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

if a_datetime > b_datetime:

return -1

elif a_datetime < b_datetime:

return1

else:

return0

importoperator

print'before',result_data

result_data.sort(cmp=cmp_datetime, key=operator.itemgetter('create_time'))

print'after',result_data