[calculate days_in_month() and is_leap_year() functions] #date-utility

days_in_month-and-leap_functions.py

# Number of days per month. First value placeholder for indexing purposes.
month_days = [0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]


def is_leap(year):
    """Return True for leap years, False for non-leap years."""

    return year % 4 == 0 and (year % 100 != 0 or year % 400 == 0)


def days_in_month(year, month):
    """Return number of days in that month in that year."""
    # year 2017
    # month 2
    if not 1 <= month <= 12:
        return 'Invalid Month'

    if month == 2 and is_leap(year):
        return 29

    return month_days[month]

print(days_in_month(2017, 2))