diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d68d163..cc39953 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 birthdays
 =========
 
-shellscript for printing upcoming birthdays
+shellscript for printing upcoming birthdays
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diff --git a/birthdays.sh b/birthdays.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d767ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birthdays.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# path to file
+conf_file=$HOME/birthdays
+days_left=30
+
+# functions to get days to birthday
+function days_left {
+    birthday=$(date -d "$1" +%j 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^0*//')
+    today=$(date +%j 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^0*//')
+    days=$(( ${birthday} - ${today} ))
+    if  [ 0 -le "$days" ] && [ "$days" -le "$days_left" ];then
+	if [ "$days" -le $((days_left / 2)) ];then
+	    echo -e "\033[33m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
+	elif [ "$days" -le 7 ];then
+	    echo -e "\033[31m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
+	else
+	    echo -e "\033[32m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
+	fi
+	
+    fi
+}
+readarray lines < "$conf_file"
+
+for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
+    days_left "$( cut -f 1 <<< "$i" )"
+done