[Fixed]-Django template variable value to string literal comparison fails

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A couple of possibilities:

The .shift string has extra whitespace. Use this to double-check:

{% for watchinstance in watchinstance_list %}
    X{{ watchinstance.shift }}X
{% endfor %}

The .shift attribute isn’t a string, but an object that stringifies to “DAY” or “NIGHT”. In that case, the variable substitution in {{ watchinstance.shift }} would look the same as a string, but the comparison in {% ifequal watchinstance.shift "DAY" %} would fail.

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So after searching Django docs for 2 hours, I finally found a way to make it work:

{% if watchinstance.shift|stringformat:"s" == "DAY"  %}