FCM 158 - Birthdays.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
#  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# ======================================================
#     birthdays.py
#  ------------------------------------------------------
# Created for Full Circle Magazine Issue #158 June 2020
# Written by G.D. Walters
# Copyright (c) 2020 by G.D. Walters
# This source code is released under the MIT License
# ======================================================
from numpy.random import seed
from numpy.random import randint
import datetime
# seed random number generator
# seed(1)

todo = 50000  # 100000
dates = []
for tdo in range(todo):
    # The following example is slightly modified from one provided by kite...
    # start_date = datetime.date(1940, 1, 1)
    start_date = datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
    end_date = datetime.date(2020, 6, 1)

    time_between_dates = end_date - start_date
    days_between_dates = time_between_dates.days
    random_number_of_days = randint(0, days_between_dates)
    random_date = start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=random_number_of_days)
    dates.append(random_date)

# print(dates)
datetocheck = datetime.date(1986, 6, 24)
print(f'Found {dates.count(datetocheck)} occurrences')