Army Days (Python version)

Overview

A command-line program to display the number of days until certain events. This program (hence its name) is also based on the West Point requirement that first year cadets have to be able to recite "the days". Part of that tradition is that if it is past noon at the time, you subtract a day but add "and a butt". As most people aren't concerned about being West Point style, this is an optional feature that can be enabled via a flag. Past events can optionally be displayed via configuration.

Installing as a CLI Tool

For regular usage, it's useful to install the program using either pipx or uv tool.

Development

This project uses uv for dependency management and virtual environment management.

uv python install
uv sync

Running tests

For basic tests with coverage:

uv run pytest --cov

And for tests with coverage and more verbose output also allowing stdout:

uv run pytest --cov -v -s

Running the program

uv run army-days