Subtracting two dates in python

[eshwar080 at gmail.com]

I would like to subtract two dates

i.e I have entered a date into a textbox which is of type String like below

type(waitForObject(":VWAP Calculator_LCDateTextField"), "07/24/14")

I am capturing that date like below

Current = (waitForObject(":VWAP Calculator_LCDateTextField").text)

so, now I want to subtract the captured date with my current system date and get the difference in days. I tried many ways and see no success. Someone please help with this as soon as possible.

P.S: I have python 2.4 and 2.7