gistfile1.py

import time
daynum=int(time.strftime('%j'))
year=int(time.strftime('%y'))
composite=(year*365)+daynum
# def ordinal(num):
#      ldig = num % 10
#      l2dig = ldig % 10
#      if l2dig == 1:
#          suffix = 'th'
#      elif ldig == 1:
#          suffix = 'st'
#      elif ldig == 2:
#          suffix = 'nd'
#      elif ldig == 3:
#          suffix = 'rd'
#      else: 
#          suffix = 'th'
#      return '%d%s' % (num, suffix)
#      #thanks David Zaslavsky. http://tinyurl.com/38ev44s

 def ordinal(n):
     if 10 <= n % 100 < 20:
         return str(n) + 'th'
     else:
        return  str(n) + {1 : 'st', 2 : 'nd', 3 : 'rd'}.get(n % 10, "th")
print "It is the %s day since President Bush declared mission accomplished in Iraq, \
the %s day since he declared victory in the Afghanistan, \
and %s day of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf."% (ordinal(composite - 1214), ordinal(composite - 1625), ordinal(composite - 3759))
#Composite dates - date of occurance for July 8th
#2625 Iraq
#2214 Afg
#80 Oil