--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/day1/exercise/datestring.py	Thu Oct 08 18:59:47 2009 +0530
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+def get_date_from_str(date_str):
+    month2mm = {
+        'January': 1,
+        'February': 2,
+        'March': 3,
+        'April': 4,
+        'May': 5,
+        'June': 6,
+        'July': 7,
+        'August': 8,
+        'September': 9,
+        'October': 10,
+        'November': 11,
+        'December': 12,
+        }
+
+    dd, month, yyyy = date_str.split()
+
+    mm = month2mm[month]
+    return int(yyyy), int(dd.strip(',')), mm
+
+date_str = raw_input('Enter a date string? ')
+print get_date_from_str(date_str)