Returns true if incident is within date range

def _validate_incident_date_range(incident, numdays):
    """Returns true if incident is within date range"""
    try:
        datetime_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(incident.get('date'), '%m/%d/%y %I:%M %p')
    except ValueError:
        raise ValueError("Incorrect date format, should be MM/DD/YY HH:MM AM/PM")
    timedelta = datetime.timedelta(days=numdays)
    today = datetime.datetime.now()
    if today - datetime_object <= timedelta:
        return True
    return False