Discordian date

Discordian date
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

Convert a given date from the Gregorian calendar to the Discordian calendar.

See Also

• Discordian calendar (wiki)

J

<lang j>disc=: +"1&1166 0 0 </lang>

Example use:

<lang> disc 2012 2 29 37182 29</lang>

see talk page.

Python

<lang python>import datetime, calendar

DISCORDIAN_SEASONS = ["Chaos", "Discord", "Confusion", "Bureaucracy", "The Aftermath"]

def ddate(year, month, day):

   today = datetime.date(year, month, day)
   is_leap_year = calendar.isleap(year)
   if is_leap_year and month == 2 and day == 29:
       return "St. Tib's Day, YOLD " + (year + 1166)
   
   day_of_year = today.timetuple().tm_yday - 1
   
   if is_leap_year and day_of_year >= 60:
       day_of_year -= 1 # Compensate for St. Tib's Day
   
   season, dday = divmod(day_of_year, 73)
   return "%s %d, YOLD %d" % (DISCORDIAN_SEASONS[season], dday + 1, year + 1166)

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