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What day of week is Halloween?
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
from __future__ import print_function | |
import sys | |
from datetime import datetime | |
# Usage: ./halloween.py 100 10 31 | |
start_year = datetime.now().year | |
end_year = start_year + int(sys.argv[1]) | |
month = int(sys.argv[2]) | |
day = int(sys.argv[3]) | |
prev = {} | |
for year in range(start_year, end_year): | |
dow = datetime(year, month, day).strftime("%A") | |
last = "(+%s)" % (year - prev[dow]) if dow in prev else "" | |
print(year, dow, last) | |
prev[dow] = year |
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