#!/usr/bin/python3 # https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-237/#TASK1 # # Task 1: Seize The Day # ===================== # # Given a year, a month, a weekday of month, and a day of week (1 (Mon) .. 7 (Sun)), print the day. # ## Example 1 ## ## Input: Year = 2024, Month = 4, Weekday of month = 3, day of week = 2 ## Output: 16 ## ## The 3rd Tue of Apr 2024 is the 16th # ## Example 2 ## ## Input: Year = 2025, Month = 10, Weekday of month = 2, day of week = 4 ## Output: 9 ## ## The 2nd Thu of Oct 2025 is the 9th # ## Example 3 ## ## Input: Year = 2026, Month = 8, Weekday of month = 5, day of week = 3 ## Output: 0 ## ## There isn't a 5th Wed in Aug 2026 # ############################################################ ## ## discussion ## ############################################################ # # This is a case for the datetime module: # - First we calculate the day of week for the 1st of the given month by # creating a DateTime object # - Then we calculate the first day of the month that matches our target # day of week # - From that, we calculate the weekday of month's date by adding another # 7 for each week we're out from the first week # - If we went past the end of the month, we return 0, otherwise the # calculated date from datetime import date import calendar def seize_the_day(year: int, month: int, weekday_of_month: int, day_of_week: int): print(f"Input: Year = {year}, month = {month}, weekday of month = {weekday_of_month}, day of week = {day_of_week}") if weekday_of_month < 1 or weekday_of_month > 5: print("Output: 0") return dtformat = "{year:4d}-{month:02d}-{day:02d}" dt = date.fromisoformat(dtformat.format(year = year, month = month, day = 1)) days_per_month = { 1:31, 2:28, 3:31, 4:30, 5:31, 6:30, 7:31, 8:31, 9:30, 10:31, 11:30, 12:31 } if calendar.isleap(year): days_per_month[2] = 29 dow_1st = dt.isoweekday() first_appearance_of_dow = day_of_week - dow_1st +1 if day_of_week < dow_1st: first_appearance_of_dow += 7 nth_appearance_of_dow = first_appearance_of_dow + (weekday_of_month-1) * 7 if nth_appearance_of_dow > days_per_month[month]: print("Output: 0") return print(f"Output: {nth_appearance_of_dow}") seize_the_day(year = 2024, month = 4, weekday_of_month = 3, day_of_week = 2); seize_the_day(year = 2025, month = 10, weekday_of_month = 2, day_of_week = 4); seize_the_day(year = 2026, month = 8, weekday_of_month = 5, day_of_week = 3);