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# Filter records older than 7 days.
def lastSevenDays(dataLines, daysBack):
        from datetime import datetime, timedelta
        sevenAgo = datetime.today() - timedelta(days=daysBack - 1)
        days = []
        for day in range(daysBack):
                days.append(str(sevenAgo.date()))
                sevenAgo = sevenAgo + timedelta(days=1)
        daysRegexps = map(re.compile, days)
        last7Dlines = [datum for datum in dataLines if any(regex.search(datum) for regex in daysRegexps)]
#       last7DLines = map(lambda x: x.search(dataLines), daysRegexps)
        return last7DLines

dataLines = lastSevenDays(dataLines, 7)