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+''' Hacker Rank Problem Solving - 'Day of the Programmer'
+
+
+Complete the dayOfProgrammer function  below. It should return a string representing the date of the 256th day of the year given.
+
+dayOfProgrammer has the following parameter(s):
+
+year: an integer
+
+Input Format
+
+A single integer denoting year y.
+
+Constraints
+
+1700<=y<=2700
+
+Output Format
+
+Print the full date of Day of the Programmer during year y in the format dd.mm.yyyy, where dd is the two-digit day, mm is the two-digit month, and yyyy is y.
+
+Sample Input 0
+
+2017
+
+Sample Output 0
+
+13.09.2017
+
+Sample Input 1
+
+2016
+
+Sample Output 1
+
+12.09.2016
+
+Sample Input 2
+
+1800
+
+Sample Output 2
+
+12.09.1800
+'''
+
+
+import math
+import os
+import random
+import re
+import sys
+
+def dayOfProgrammer(year):
+    if (year == 1918):
+        return '26.09.1918'
+    elif ((year <= 1917) & (year%4 == 0)) or ((year > 1918) & (year%400 == 0 or ((year%4 == 0) & (year%100 != 0)))):
+        return '12.09.%s' %year
+    else:
+        return '13.09.%s' %year
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')
+
+    year = int(raw_input().strip())
+
+    result = dayOfProgrammer(year)
+
+    fptr.write(result + '\n')
+
+    fptr.close()
+