Newbie question

[Tom Babbitt]

"Horváth Árpád" <ahorvath at ns.szgti.kando.hu> wrote in message
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> Dear Python Programmers,
>
> how can I get information from the keyboard like with raw_input, but
> with a default value, what I can edit.
>
> For example:
>
> When: 23 Sept 2001.
>
> I want the computer to write the actual date, and I can edit it.
>
>    Arpad

It sound like you need a GUI, I like wxPython at http://wxpython.org/

also look at the time module, it has lots of time conversion functions

for an example of a program written in wxPython look at
http://users.commspeed.net/tbabbitt/rbranch_strangness5.htm

Tom