Some friends started talking about this:
and about the Millennial tipping point or equillibrium. And the discussion continued about doing this with Python.
So I thought I'd give it a shot and exercise my Python muscle :)
Here's the code I came up with:
from sys import argv
script, byear, bmonth, bday = argv
from datetime import date
import time
today=date(int(time.strftime("%Y")),int(time.strftime("%m")),int(time.strftime("%d")))
new_mil=date(2001,1,1)
birthday=date(int(byear),int(bmonth),int(bday))
#Equilibrium time spent alive in the last millennium == time spent alive in this millennium
after=today-new_mil
before=new_mil-birthday
if after == before:
print "Equilibrium"
elif after < before:
print "You have " + str(before-after) +" days until Equillibrium"
print "Equillibrium date: "+ str(today+(before-after))
else:
print "You have " + str(after-before) + " days after Equillibrium"
print "Equillibrium date: "+ str(today-(after-before))
Sample call & output:
I'm waiting for your comments and suggestions.
PS D:\python_home> python .\milenium.py 1986 8 17
You have 5 days, 0:00:00 days until Equillibrium
Equillibrium date: 2015-05-19
PS D:\python_home> python .\milenium.py 1987 4 21
You have 242 days, 0:00:00 days after Equillibrium
Equillibrium date: 2014-09-14