Print out a date, given year, month, and day as numbers

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

# A list with one ending for each number from 1 to 31
endings = ['st', 'nd', 'rd'] + 17 * ['th'] \
        + ['st', 'nd', 'rd'] + 7 * ['th'] \
        + ['st']

year    = raw_input('Year: ')
month   = raw_input('Month (1-12): ')
day     = raw_input('Day (1-31): ')

# Remember to subtract 1 from month and day to get a correct index
month_name = months[int(month)-1]
ordinal = day + endings[int(day)-1]

print month_name + ' ' + ordinal + ', ' + year

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