messageboard.py

""" This is an entity, MessageBoard"""
import datetime


# Group of Four: Mediator Pattern
class MessageController(object):  # a static class

    @staticmethod
    def display_message(text_to_display):  # a static method
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        displayable_message = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") + " " + text_to_display
        return displayable_message