import collections
import datetime


# @todo(jpenner): make date specific method
def generate_default_date_dict(to_days_delta, to_offset=1):
    days=to_days_delta-to_offset
    delta = datetime.timedelta(days=days)
    date_N_days_ago = datetime.datetime.now().date() - delta
    today = datetime.datetime.now().date() - datetime.timedelta(days=to_offset)

    default_days = collections.OrderedDict()
    for i in range(delta.days):
        default_days[str(today - datetime.timedelta(days=i))] = '--'

    return default_days