[Python] TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'datetime.datetime' and 'str'

I am new to python date and time types.

I have a date value.

date = '2018-11-10 10:55:31+00:00'


I need to check this date value is older than 90 days.

I tried :

from datetime import datetime
from datetime import timedelta

past = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=90)
date = '2018-11-10 10:55:31+00:00'

if past > date :
print("This is older than 90 days")


failing with the following error :
TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'datetime.datetime' and 'str'

This might be because the date format for 'past' and the date value which I passed is different.

How can I come up with this ?

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