convert.py

# example_date ='C20531'
# example_output = 'June 31 2022'

import re

months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
		  'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']

deliminator = '-'
bluk_deliminator = '\n'


def convert_date(date, numbers):
	date = re.sub(r'[\s]', '', date)
	if len(date) < 4:
		return
	decade_hex, year_number, month_number, day_number = str(
		date[0:1]), int(date[1:2]), int(date[-4:-2]), int(date[-2:])
	month_string = months[month_number-1]
	decade_number = 190+int(decade_hex, 16)  # convert hex to int

	if numbers:
		return f'{month_number}{deliminator}{day_number}-{decade_number}{year_number}'
	else:
		return f'{month_string} {day_number} {decade_number}{year_number}'


def bulk_convert_date_new_line_deliminated(dates, numbers):
	return list(map(lambda date: convert_date(date, numbers), dates.split(bluk_deliminator)))