Demonstrate usage of ctypes Structure to synthesize a C struct

wintime.py

from ctypes import *
from ctypes.wintypes import *

class SYSTEMTIME(Structure):
    """See: WinBase.h"""

    _fields_ = [
        ('wYear',               WORD),
        ('wMonth',              WORD),
        ('wDayOfWeek',          WORD),
        ('wDay',                WORD),
        ('wHour',               WORD),
        ('wMinute',             WORD),
        ('wSecond',             WORD),
        ('wMilliseconds',       WORD),
    ]

    def __str__(self):
        return '%4d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%03d' % \
                (self.wYear, self.wMonth, self.wDay,
                 self.wHour, self.wMinute, self.wSecond, self.wMilliseconds)

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'SYSTEMTIME(%4d,%02d,%02d,%02d,%02d,%02d,%d)' % \
                (self.wYear, self.wMonth, self.wDay,
                 self.wHour, self.wMinute, self.wSecond, self.wMilliseconds)

    def __lt__(self, other):
        for attrstr, _ in self._fields_:
            if getattr(self, attrstr) > getattr(other, attrstr):
                return False
        return True

    def __gt__(self, other):
        for attrstr, _ in self._fields_:
            if getattr(self, attrstr) < getattr(other, attrstr):
                return False
        return True