TES Date Converter

tesTime.py

import datetime
def tesTime(startYear, realStartYear, era):
        #converts the current date to Tamrielic date and time
        #originally written in JS for a blog so the year updates based on the in-universse
        #year you want to use and it's real world "equivalent"
        #these, and the era you want are fed in as arguments
        t = datetime.datetime.now()
        #dict for each of the Tamerielic months
        months = ["Morning Star", "Sun's Dawn", "First Seed", "Midyear", "Sun's Height",
                  "Last Seed", "Hearthfire", "Frostfall", "Sun's Dusk", "Evening Star"]
        days = ["Sundas", "Morndas", "Tirdas", "Middas", "Turdas", "Fredas", "Loredas"]

        #here are some rad default values for a setting set in Skyrim's time
        #startYear = 201 
        #realStartYear = 2011 
        #era = "4" 

        currentMonth = months[t.month - 1] #the current month in Tamrielic time
        currentYear = (t.year - realStartYear) + startYear

        currentWeekday = days[t.weekday() - 1]

        tesDateString = ""+currentWeekday+", "+str(t.day)+" of "+currentMonth+" "+era+"e"+str(currentYear)
        return tesDateString

print tesTime(201, 2011, "4")