from datetime import date calculations = ['10.0 deg F is -12 deg C', '20.0 deg F is -7 deg C', '30.0 deg F is -1 deg C', '40.0 deg F is 4 deg C', '50.0 deg F is 10 deg C', '60.0 deg F is 16 deg C'] # get current date for heading and filename today = date.today() # get day month and year as individual strings day = today.strftime("%d") month = today.strftime("%m") year = today.strftime("%Y") file_name = f"temperatures_{year}-{month}-{day}" write_to = f"{file_name}.txt" with open(write_to, "w") as text_file: text_file.write(" Temperature Calculations \n") text_file.write(f"Generated: {day}/{month}/{year}\n\n") text_file.write("Here is your calculation history (oldes to newest)... \n") # write theitem to file for item in calculations: text_file.write(item) text_file.write("\n")