diff --git a/mt_clockwheel.py b/mt_clockwheel.py
index f95d82e..4cf0a1c 100644
--- a/mt_clockwheel.py
+++ b/mt_clockwheel.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ to_date = datetime.date.today()
 
 def main():
     parse_config()
+    for single_date in daterange(from_date, to_date):
+        if verbose:
+            print("Processing date", single_date)
+        build_day(single_date)
 
 def parse_config():
     global mediadir, playlistdir, channel, verbose, from_date, to_date
@@ -39,9 +43,9 @@ def parse_config():
     if args.channel:
         channel = args.channel
     if args.from_date:
-        from_date = datetime.strptime(args.from_date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+        from_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.from_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
     if args.to_date:
-        to_date = datetime.strptime(args.to_date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+        to_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.to_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
 
     if verbose:
         print("Arguments parsed, config:")
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ def parse_config():
         print("from_date:", from_date)
         print("to_date:", to_date)
 
+def build_day(this_date):
+    # todo
+    pass
+
+# generator function to yield single dates from a date range
+def daterange(start_date, end_date):
+    for n in range(int((end_date - start_date).days) + 1): # adding 1 to make the range inclusive
+        yield start_date + datetime.timedelta(n)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()