Django - Filter based on model method

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I have a model, defined like this :

class Item(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True, default='', blank=True)
    creation_date = models.DateTimeField('date created', default=timezone.now())

    def was_published_today(self):
        today = timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
        return self.creation_date >= today

I would like to filter a set of Item like this :

items = Item.objects.filter(was_published_today=True)

But I run into a FieldError which makes sense as it seems that filter is not made to filter a set of objects based on a method. Detailed error :

Cannot resolve keyword 'was_published_today' into field. Choices are : creation_date, name

What is the correct way to do this ? I know I can compare creation_date with today's date but that's what was_published_today does and I would like to keep it DRY.

asked 35 secs ago

Simon

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