Question

Python

3. Date Printer Write a program that reads a string from the user containing a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy. It should print the date in the format March 12, 2018

Answer 1

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#code

#this program does not use any existing library
#creating a list of all month names
months=['January','February','March','April','May','June','July',
        'August','September','October','November','December']

#reading input from user, splitting by '/' character to get a list of strings
date_input=input('Enter date in the format mm/dd/yyyy: ').split('/')
#assuming user always enter valid input
#extracting month value, decrementing it to convert to list index, assign the
#month at the corresponding index to a month variable
month=months[int(date_input[0])-1]
#converting 2nd input to int to get day value
day=int(date_input[1])
#converting 3rd input to int to get year value
year=int(date_input[2])
#displaying in the format MONTH dd, yyyy
print('The date is {} {}, {}'.format(month,day,year))

#output

Enter date in the format mm/dd/yyyy: 08/11/1993

The date is August 11, 1993