Introduce -reminisce, -month, -day, and -year

jrnl/Journal.py

@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ class Journal:
     def filter(
         self,
         tags=[],
+        month=None,
+        day=None,
+        year=None,
         start_date=None,
         end_date=None,
         starred=False,
@@ -220,11 +223,18 @@ class Journal:
         if contains:
             contains_lower = contains.casefold()
 
+        # Create datetime object for comparison below
+        # this approach allows different month formats
+        compare_d = time.parse(f"{month or 1}/{day or 1}/{year or 1}")
+
         result = [
             entry
             for entry in self.entries
             if (not tags or tagged(entry.tags))
             and (not starred or entry.starred)
+            and (not month or entry.date.month == compare_d.month)
+            and (not day or entry.date.day == compare_d.day)
+            and (not year or entry.date.year == compare_d.year)
             and (not start_date or entry.date >= start_date)
             and (not end_date or entry.date <= end_date)
             and (not exclude or not excluded(entry.tags))

jrnl/args.py

@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ def parse_args(args=[]):
     reading.add_argument(
         "-on", dest="on_date", metavar="DATE", help="Show entries on this date"
     )
+    reading.add_argument(
+        "-reminisce",
+        dest="reminisce",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show entries of today in previous years",
+    )
+    reading.add_argument(
+        "-month",
+        dest="month",
+        metavar="DATE",
+        help="Show entries on this month of any year",
+    )
+    reading.add_argument(
+        "-day",
+        dest="day",
+        metavar="DATE",
+        help="Show entries on this day of any month",
+    )
+    reading.add_argument(
+        "-year",
+        dest="year",
+        metavar="DATE",
+        help="Show entries on this year",
+    )
     reading.add_argument(
         "-from",
         dest="start_date",

jrnl/jrnl.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .config import get_config_path
 from .editor import get_text_from_editor
 from .editor import get_text_from_stdin
 from .exception import UserAbort
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
 def run(args):
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ def _is_write_mode(args, config, **kwargs):
             args.edit,
             args.export,
             args.end_date,
+            args.reminisce,
+            args.month,
+            args.day,
+            args.year,
             args.limit,
             args.on_date,
             args.short,
@@ -206,8 +211,16 @@ def _search_journal(args, journal, **kwargs):
     if args.on_date:
         args.start_date = args.end_date = args.on_date
 
+    if args.reminisce:
+        today = datetime.today()
+        args.day = today.day
+        args.month = today.month
+
     journal.filter(
         tags=args.text,
+        month=args.month,
+        day=args.day,
+        year=args.year,
         start_date=args.start_date,
         end_date=args.end_date,
         strict=args.strict,