zowers@zml:~/projects$ cat birthday.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import datetime
import time
import locale

def print_days( start_date, second_date ):
    delta = second_date - start_date

    locale.setlocale( locale.LC_ALL, "" )
    print "start_date: %s" % time.strftime( "%x", start_date.timetuple() )
    print "second_date: %s" % time.strftime( "%x", second_date.timetuple() )
    print "days: %i" % delta.days

START_DATE = datetime.date( 1979, 07, 05 )
SECOND_DATE = datetime.date( 2007, 07, 05 )

print_days( START_DATE, SECOND_DATE )

zowers@zml:~/projects$ ./birthday.py
start_date: 05.07.1979
second_date: 05.07.2007
days: 10227