1 def get_date_from_str(date_str):

     2     month2mm = {

     3         'January': 1,

     4         'February': 2,

     5         'March': 3,

     6         'April': 4,

     7         'May': 5,

     8         'June': 6,

     9         'July': 7,

    10         'August': 8,

    11         'September': 9,

    12         'October': 10,

    13         'November': 11,

    14         'December': 12,

    15         }

    16 

    17     dd, month, yyyy = date_str.split()

    18 

    19     mm = month2mm[month]

    20     return int(yyyy), int(dd.strip(',')), mm

    21 

    22 date_str = raw_input('Enter a date string? ')

    23 print get_date_from_str(date_str)