HackerRank Python Solution - Date and Time - Calendar Module

• The calendar module allows you to output calendars and provides additional useful functions for them.

• class calendar.TextCalendar([firstweekday])

• This class can be used to generate plain text calendars.

Sample Code:

>>> import calendar
>>> 
>>> print calendar.TextCalendar(firstweekday=6).formatyear(2015)
                                  2015

      January                   February                   March
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3       1  2  3  4  5  6  7       1  2  3  4  5  6  7
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10       8  9 10 11 12 13 14       8  9 10 11 12 13 14
11 12 13 14 15 16 17      15 16 17 18 19 20 21      15 16 17 18 19 20 21
18 19 20 21 22 23 24      22 23 24 25 26 27 28      22 23 24 25 26 27 28
25 26 27 28 29 30 31                                29 30 31

       April                      May                       June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4                      1  2          1  2  3  4  5  6
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11       3  4  5  6  7  8  9       7  8  9 10 11 12 13
12 13 14 15 16 17 18      10 11 12 13 14 15 16      14 15 16 17 18 19 20
19 20 21 22 23 24 25      17 18 19 20 21 22 23      21 22 23 24 25 26 27
26 27 28 29 30            24 25 26 27 28 29 30      28 29 30
                          31

        July                     August                  September
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4                         1             1  2  3  4  5
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11       2  3  4  5  6  7  8       6  7  8  9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18       9 10 11 12 13 14 15      13 14 15 16 17 18 19
19 20 21 22 23 24 25      16 17 18 19 20 21 22      20 21 22 23 24 25 26
26 27 28 29 30 31         23 24 25 26 27 28 29      27 28 29 30
                          30 31

      October                   November                  December
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa      Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3       1  2  3  4  5  6  7             1  2  3  4  5
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10       8  9 10 11 12 13 14       6  7  8  9 10 11 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17      15 16 17 18 19 20 21      13 14 15 16 17 18 19
18 19 20 21 22 23 24      22 23 24 25 26 27 28      20 21 22 23 24 25 26
25 26 27 28 29 30 31      29 30                     27 28 29 30 31

Task:

• You are given a date.

• Your task is to find what the day is on that date.

Input Format:

A single line of input containing the space-separated month, day, and year, respectively, in MM DD YYYY format.

Constraints:

• 2000 < year < 3000

Output Format:

Output the correct day in capital letters.

Sample Input:

08 05 2015

Sample Output:

WEDNESDAY

Explanation:

The day on August 5^th 2015 was WEDNESDAY.

Solution:

import calendar

month, day, year = list(map(int,input().split()))

print((calendar.day_name[calendar.weekday(year, month, day)]).upper())

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