misc-tools/python/quarantine-day-counter

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Calculates the number of actual days since everyone
went into hiding (quarantine).
"""

import argparse
import datetime
import dateutil.parser

try:
    import color
except:
    print("Unable to import the color library. No colors for you.")


quarantine_start_date = "13 Mar 2020"

def parse_args():
    argp = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    argp.add_argument(
            '-s', '--start-date',
            default=quarantine_start_date,
            help="Different start date than the original (%(default)s)"
    )
    return argp.parse_args()

def quarantine_days(quarantine_start_date=quarantine_start_date):
    q_count = datetime.datetime.now() - dateutil.parser.parse(quarantine_start_date)
    return q_count.days


if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = parse_args()

    try:    
        start_date_message = f"\nQuarantine Start Date: {color.yellow(args.start_date)}"
        quarantine_days_message = f"Quarantine Days: {color.red(quarantine_days(args.start_date))}"
    except NameError:
        start_date_message = f"\nQuarantine Start Date: {args.start_date}"
        quarantine_days_message = f"Quarantine Days: {quarantine_days(args.start_date)}"

    print(start_date_message)
    print(quarantine_days_message)