#! /usr/bin/env python3 import sys, getopt from datetime import datetime, date, time, timedelta import datetime ##cycle='2019082900' cycle = sys.argv[1] cycle_yr=int(cycle[0:4]) cycle_mo=int(cycle[4:6]) cycle_dy=int(cycle[6:8]) cycle_hr=int(cycle[8:10]) d1 = date(cycle_yr, cycle_mo, cycle_dy) d_1900=date(1900, 12, 31) delta2 = d1-d_1900 results=[] results.append(delta2.days+cycle_hr/24.0) results.append(delta2.days+cycle_hr/24.0+5.25) results.append("false") results.append("false") print(results) with open('limits', 'w') as f: for row in results: f.write("%s " % str(row))