diario-datetime.diff

+++ b/processing/data_collection/gazette/pipelines.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ class PostgreSQLPipeline:
 class GazetteDateFilteringPipeline:
     def process_item(self, item, spider):
         if hasattr(spider, "start_date"):
-            if spider.start_date > item.get("date"):
+            import datetime
+            year, month, day = spider.start_date.split('-')
+            if datetime.date(int(year), int(month), int(day)) > item.get("date"):
                 raise DropItem("Droping all items before {}".format(spider.start_date))
         return item