#  BetterDate.py  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

#  2006-05-21  File created.
#  2022-12-18  Converted to Python 3.

#  When this program is executed, Date.py must be in the same
#  folder (directory) together with this file.

from Date import Date

class BetterDate ( Date ) :

   def __init__( self, date_as_string ) :

      Date.__init__( self, date_as_string )


   def to_string_with_month_name( self ) :

      names_of_months   =   \
         (  "January", "February", "March", "April",
            "May", "June", "July", "August",
            "September", "October", "November", "December"  )

      return  "%s %d, %d"  %  ( names_of_months[ self.this_month - 1 ],
                                self.this_day, self.this_year )


   def to_american_format_string( self ) :

      saved_date_print_format  =  self.date_print_format

      self.date_print_format  =  'A'

      string_to_return  =  Date.__str__( self )

      self.date_print_format  =  saved_date_print_format

      return  string_to_return


#  The main program begins.


birthday_of_einstein  =  BetterDate("14.03.1879")

print( "\n Albert Einstein was born on %s"  %  birthday_of_einstein, end="" )

birthday_of_einstein.increment()

print( "\n Albert was one day old on %s"   %  \
                  birthday_of_einstein.to_string_with_month_name(), end="" )

birthday_of_einstein.increment()

print( "\n Albert was two days old on %s"  %  \
                  birthday_of_einstein.to_american_format_string() )