From 7d9b69f5286e6cc0b35da8c104195c1c3c1bbafa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Smith <ole088@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:09:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add utility function to get next drawing date

---
 util/drawing.py | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 util/drawing.py

diff --git a/util/drawing.py b/util/drawing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7b12e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/drawing.py
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+from datetime import datetime
+from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta, MO, TU, WE, FR
+
+
+def get_next_draw_date(game: str, from_date: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Gets the next drawing date from the current or specified date for the given game
+    :param game: megamillions or powerball
+    :param from_date: date to get next drawing date from, if omitted the current date is used
+    :return: next drawing date
+
+    Examples:
+    >>> get_next_draw_date(game='mega', from_date='02/15/2026')
+    '02/17/2026'
+    >>> get_next_draw_date(game='power', from_date='02/15/2026')
+    '02/16/2026'
+    """
+    return_date = ''
+    return_date_format = '%m/%d/%Y'
+    # if no date was specified, use today's date
+    if from_date is None:
+        from_date = datetime.today()
+    else:
+        from_date = datetime.strptime(from_date, return_date_format)
+
+    day_of_week = from_date.weekday()
+
+    # target the selected game
+    if game == 'megamillions':
+        """drawings are on Tuesday and Friday"""
+        if day_of_week in [1, 4]:
+            return_date = from_date.strftime(return_date_format)
+        elif day_of_week in [2, 3]:
+            return_date = (from_date + relativedelta(weekday=FR)).strftime(return_date_format)
+        elif day_of_week in [5, 6, 0]:
+            return_date = (from_date + relativedelta(weekday=TU)).strftime(return_date_format)
+    elif game == 'powerball':
+        """drawings are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday"""
+        if day_of_week in [0, 2, 4]:
+            return_date = from_date.strftime(return_date_format)
+        elif day_of_week == 1:
+            return_date = (from_date + relativedelta(weekday=WE)).strftime(return_date_format)
+        elif day_of_week == 3:
+            return_date = (from_date + relativedelta(weekday=FR)).strftime(return_date_format)
+        elif day_of_week in [5, 6]:
+            return_date = (from_date + relativedelta(weekday=MO)).strftime(return_date_format)
+    return return_date