title: Compare string in format HH:MM to time now in python
body: <p>I have a string of the format "HH:MM" and need to compare it to the time now in Python.</p>
  
  <p>I did read through the datetime documentation but could not figure out an elegant to perform my comparison (being a total rookie does not help either:))</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for reading this!</p>