Sort dictionary chronologically by date in presence of None type












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I am displaying the contents of a dictionary (a list of todos using todoist's API) on my Desktop.



I want them to appear in chronological order per their due date (and at the end of the list if no due date is set --> None). The due date is written out in the following format in the dictionary : 'due_date_utc': 'Tue 13 Nov 2018 04:59:59 +0000',and when no due date is set: 'due_date_utc': None,.
Currently my code is:



rank = 0  # Simple counter to number the task (ie: 1-,  2-, 3-...)

for i in api.state['items']:  # going through all the items in todoist

    if i['checked'] == 0:  # if the item is incomplete

        rank += 1

        print(rank, "- ", i['contents'])  # Prints the list number and the task itself...


I have already looked at this post and that post but two main problems occur:




  1. They break when encountering the None type

  2. They sort either by number or alphabetically instead of by date


I know I could setup a list environment for the different months of the year but I thought there might be a premade (and simpler solution) since the date format used by the API is pretty universal.



If your curious about the todoist API and what it contains, here is it's documentation page.






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    First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
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    Nov 16 at 0:12
















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I am displaying the contents of a dictionary (a list of todos using todoist's API) on my Desktop.



I want them to appear in chronological order per their due date (and at the end of the list if no due date is set --> None). The due date is written out in the following format in the dictionary : 'due_date_utc': 'Tue 13 Nov 2018 04:59:59 +0000',and when no due date is set: 'due_date_utc': None,.
Currently my code is:



rank = 0  # Simple counter to number the task (ie: 1-,  2-, 3-...)

for i in api.state['items']:  # going through all the items in todoist

    if i['checked'] == 0:  # if the item is incomplete

        rank += 1

        print(rank, "- ", i['contents'])  # Prints the list number and the task itself...


I have already looked at this post and that post but two main problems occur:




  1. They break when encountering the None type

  2. They sort either by number or alphabetically instead of by date


I know I could setup a list environment for the different months of the year but I thought there might be a premade (and simpler solution) since the date format used by the API is pretty universal.



If your curious about the todoist API and what it contains, here is it's documentation page.






python dictionary todoist







share|improve this question


















  • 1




    First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
    – Prune
    Nov 16 at 0:12














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I am displaying the contents of a dictionary (a list of todos using todoist's API) on my Desktop.



I want them to appear in chronological order per their due date (and at the end of the list if no due date is set --> None). The due date is written out in the following format in the dictionary : 'due_date_utc': 'Tue 13 Nov 2018 04:59:59 +0000',and when no due date is set: 'due_date_utc': None,.
Currently my code is:



rank = 0  # Simple counter to number the task (ie: 1-,  2-, 3-...)

for i in api.state['items']:  # going through all the items in todoist

    if i['checked'] == 0:  # if the item is incomplete

        rank += 1

        print(rank, "- ", i['contents'])  # Prints the list number and the task itself...


I have already looked at this post and that post but two main problems occur:




  1. They break when encountering the None type

  2. They sort either by number or alphabetically instead of by date


I know I could setup a list environment for the different months of the year but I thought there might be a premade (and simpler solution) since the date format used by the API is pretty universal.



If your curious about the todoist API and what it contains, here is it's documentation page.






python dictionary todoist







share|improve this question













I am displaying the contents of a dictionary (a list of todos using todoist's API) on my Desktop.



I want them to appear in chronological order per their due date (and at the end of the list if no due date is set --> None). The due date is written out in the following format in the dictionary : 'due_date_utc': 'Tue 13 Nov 2018 04:59:59 +0000',and when no due date is set: 'due_date_utc': None,.
Currently my code is:



rank = 0  # Simple counter to number the task (ie: 1-,  2-, 3-...)

for i in api.state['items']:  # going through all the items in todoist

    if i['checked'] == 0:  # if the item is incomplete

        rank += 1

        print(rank, "- ", i['contents'])  # Prints the list number and the task itself...


I have already looked at this post and that post but two main problems occur:




  1. They break when encountering the None type

  2. They sort either by number or alphabetically instead of by date


I know I could setup a list environment for the different months of the year but I thought there might be a premade (and simpler solution) since the date format used by the API is pretty universal.



If your curious about the todoist API and what it contains, here is it's documentation page.






python dictionary todoist




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    First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
    – Prune
    Nov 16 at 0:12














  • 1




    First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
    – Prune
    Nov 16 at 0:12








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First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
– Prune
Nov 16 at 0:12




First, convert the dates to datetime values; they sort easily from there. As for None values, what stops you from adding a simple check for val is not None?
– Prune
Nov 16 at 0:12

















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