Ranking of exploration request for oppia

request_ranking.py

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from math import log

epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1)

def epoch_seconds(date):
    td = date - epoch
    return td.days * 86400 + td.seconds + (float(td.microseconds) / 1000000)


def rank(ups, downs, date):
	  #downs denote the no. of users who marked it inappropriate/incomplete.
    score = ups
    ups_order = log(max(abs(score), 1), 10)
    # downs should scale more than ups
    downs_order = log(max(abs(downs), 1), 5)
    order = ups_order - downs_order
    #Duration since the request has been posted
    seconds = epoch_seconds(date) - 1134028003
    seconds_order = 10*log(max(seconds, 1), 2)
    return round(order + seconds_order, 7) 
    
""" Test run
def input_date() :
	dd = int(raw_input("\n Enter day"))
	mm = int(raw_input("\n Enter month"))
	yyyy = int(raw_input("\n Enter year"))
	return datetime(yyyy,mm,dd)

def test():
	date = input_date()
	ups = int(raw_input("\n Upvotes"))
	downs = int(raw_input("\n Downs"))
	print rank(ups, downs, date)

while(True):
	test()

"""