How to compare two lists in python?

```
date = "Thu Sep 16 13:14:15 CDT 2010" 
sdate = "Thu Sep 16 14:14:15 CDT 2010" 
dateArr = [] dateArr = date.split() 
sdateArr = [] sdateArr = sdate.split() 

```

Now I want to compare these two lists. I guess split returns a list. We can do simple comparision in Java like `dateArr[i] == sdateArr[i]`, but how can we do it in Python?