Number of days and number of months between two dates

datediff.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Return the number of days between today, and the input date
Also calculate how many times the month rolls over
The expected format is dd/mm/yyyy
There's no input or bounds checking hahahahahahahaha

"""
import datetime
from datetime import date


inp = date(
    *[int(elem) for elem in
        raw_input("Enter a date in the format dd/mm/yyyy: ").split("/")][::-1])
today = date.today()
days = (inp - date.today()).days
# establish how many months occur in the date range, excluding current month
months = len([
    datetime.datetime(year=today.year, month=mn, day=1) for
    mn in range(today.month, inp.month)])
print("There are %s days between today and %s.") % (
    days, inp.strftime("%d/%m/%Y"))
print("The first of the month will occur %s times." % months)