ago.py

ago.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from datetime import date
import sys

now = date.today()

inputDate= sys.argv[1].split()
day = int(inputDate[0])
month = int(inputDate[1])

#day = int(sys.argv[1])
#month = int(sys.argv[2])
try:
  #year = int(sys.argv[3])
  year = int(inputDate[2])
  if 50 <= year < 100:    # assume 20th century
    year += 1900
  if 0 <= year < 50:      # assume 21st century
    year += 2000
except IndexError:        # assume this year
  year = now.year

then = date(year, month, day)
ago = now - then
print ago.days,'days'