class Date(object): day = 0 month = 0 year = 0 def __init__(self, day=0, month=0, year=0): self.day = day self.month = month self.year = year def tellDate(self): print 'Today is %s-%s-%s'%(self.day,self.month,self.year) @classmethod def from_string(cls, date_as_string): day, month, year = map(int, date_as_string.split('-')) date = cls(day, month, year) return date @staticmethod def is_date_valid(date_as_string): day, month, year = map(int, date_as_string.split('-')) return day <= 31 and month <= 12 and year <= 3999 if __name__ == '__main__': date1 = Date() date1.tellDate() date2 = Date.from_string("14-04-2016") date2.tellDate() print Date.is_date_valid("14-04-2016")