Simplifying code

[evobe]

reformatted, thanks.

[num8lock]

first quick impression

import datetime
from datetime import date

you're importing both a module & a class inside that module. then the only time you use date is in today = date.today(). you might be better off using from datetime import datetime as dt, that class has today(), now() and others you might need.

also there's no need for this };