Challenge 2: Days Until a Date — Possible Solution
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import datetime

today = datetime.date.today()
next_new_year = datetime.date(today.year + 1, 1, 1)

days_remaining = (next_new_year - today).days

print(days_remaining)

Output (will vary depending on the actual current date):
176

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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datetime.date.today() reuses the exact call from the chapter's own
datetime example to get today's real date as a date object.

datetime.date(today.year + 1, 1, 1) builds a NEW date object
representing January 1st of next year — today.year + 1 for the year,
1 for the month, 1 for the day. Using today.year + 1 rather than a
hardcoded year number means this keeps working correctly no matter
what year the code actually runs in.

Subtracting one date object from another, next_new_year - today,
produces a timedelta object representing the span between them — this
is a standard capability of the datetime module, not something shown
directly in the chapter's own brief today() example, but a natural
next step once you have two date objects. Reading .days off that
timedelta gives the whole number of days between the two dates, which
is exactly what "days remaining" asks for.