Coronavirus date/time script (after JWZ)

coronadate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Coronavirus Date Script
# Copyright (c) 2020 Amy G. Bowersox/Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions
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# Based on a snippet of Perl by Jamie Zawinski:
# https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/08/the-date-is-now-tuesday-march-178th-2020/

from datetime import date, datetime
# this module requires a pip install python-dateutil
import dateutil.tz

# March 2020 is "the month that never ended."
BASEDATE = date(2020, 3, 1)

current = datetime.now(dateutil.tz.tzlocal())
deltadays = current.date() - BASEDATE
# these temporaries are necessary to keep the last line from violating PEP8 (as modified by DevRel standards)
# by being too long
p1 = current.strftime("%a")
p2 = BASEDATE.strftime("%b")
p3 = current.strftime("%H:%M:%S %Z")
p4 = BASEDATE.strftime("%Y")
print(f'{p1} {p2} {deltadays.days + 1} {p3} {p4}')