date diff calc

[Rick Holbert]

Here's how to do it as a one-liner:

python -c "import datetime; import time; print 'Only %d days until
Christmas' %  (datetime.date(2004, 12, 25) -
datetime.date.fromtimestamp(time.time())).days"

Here's a slightly shorter way of doing it:

python -c "import time; print 'Only %f more days until Christmas' % 
(float(time.mktime(time.strptime('2004-12-25', '%Y-%m-%d')) -
time.time()) / 86400)"