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Problem 42352. Days until next NewYear ball drop

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Given a date string in the form 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss', calculate the number of days until the dropping of the NewYear ball at Times Square (i.e., Dec 31st at midnight) of that year. Examples:

    y = Days2NYE('2014-05-26') = 220 or
    y = Days2NYE('2014-05-26 10:15:45') = 219
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41.45% Correct | 58.55% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Aug 15, 2025

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