simple script to build URLs for the next few days

nextdays.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import datetime
import calendar

day = datetime.date.today().strftime("%d")
month = datetime.date.today().strftime("%m")
year = datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y")

strip_month = datetime.date.today().strftime("%-m")
"""
day = datetime.date(2015,2,27).strftime("%d")
month = datetime.date(2015,2,27).strftime("%m")
year = datetime.date(2015,2,27).strftime("%Y")
strip_month = datetime.date(2015,2,27).strftime("%-m")
strip_month = datetime.date.today().strftime("%-m")
"""

num_days = calendar.monthrange(int(year),int(strip_month))[1]

future = int(day) + 4 
if future <= num_days:
	print "future date is still within this month"
	next_days = []
	for i in range(1,6):
		if i == 1:
			next_days.append('http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html')
		else:
			d = int(day) + i
			next_days.append('http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/'+str(year)+str(month)+str(d)+'.html')
if future > num_days:
	next_days = []
	print "looks like we overlap into the next month"
	days_left = future - num_days
	days_before = 5 - days_left

	month_current = []
	# first lets do the current month
	for i in range(int(day), int(num_days)+1):
		month_current.append(i)
	# we need to remove the first item in this list, its going to be the today.html file
	del(month_current[0])

	# now to build the second list
	month_next = []
	for ii in range(1, int(days_left)+1):
		month_next.append(ii)

	# now its time to put the two lists together in a sensible way
	# first the current month
	next_days.append('http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html')
	for item in month_current:
		url = 'http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/'+str(year)+str(month)+str(item)+'.html'
		next_days.append(url)
	for item2 in month_next:
		test_month = int(month) + 1
		if test_month < 10 and item2 < 10:
			# we need to add a leading zero
			next_month = int(month) + 1
			url = 'http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/'+str(year)+'0'+str(next_month)+'0'+str(item2)+'.html'
			next_days.append(url)
		if test_month > 10 and item2 < 10:
			# only the day needs leading zeros
			next_month = int(month) + 1
			url = 'http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/'+str(year)+str(next_month)+'0'+str(item2)+'.html'
			next_days.append(url)
		if test_month < 10 and item2 > 10:
			# month needs leading zeros, days does not
			next_month = int(month) + 1
			url = 'http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/'+str(year)+'0'+str(next_month)+str(item2)+'.html'
			next_days.append(url)
print next_days