In L'Aquila we're still waiting for Apr 7 00:00:00 2009...

eternal.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# In L'Aquila we're still waiting for Apr 7 00:00:00 2009...
import time

__all__ = ['eternal_april']

_APRIL_MIDNIGHT = 1238968800.0

def eternal_april(ts=None):
    assert ts >= _APRIL_MIDNIGHT or ts is None, "Negative time delta"
    if ts is None:
        ts = time.time()
    days = int((ts - _APRIL_MIDNIGHT) / (60.0**2))
    ltime = time.localtime(ts)
    return time.strftime("Mon Apr  6 %d:%%M:%%S CEST 2009" % days, ltime)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print eternal_april()