diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6985cf1..196e176 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c0595a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "rusty-tasks"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4.26"
+regex = "1.8.4"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f59af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+use chrono::naive::NaiveDate;
+use chrono::{Local, Datelike};
+use regex::Regex;
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::fs::{self, DirEntry};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::env;
+
+//TODO handle unwraps and errors more uniformly
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TodoFile {
+    file: DirEntry,
+    date: NaiveDate,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let data_dir = get_data_dir("notes");
+
+    println!("{}", data_dir.to_str().unwrap());
+    let latest_file = get_latest_file(&data_dir).unwrap();
+    //.expect(
+    //    format!(
+    //        "Could not find any notes files please use format: {}",
+    //        get_file_regex().to_string()
+    //    )
+    //    .as_str(),
+    //);
+    println!("Latest file: {:?}", latest_file);
+    let now = Local::now();
+    let today = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(now.year(), now.month(), now.day());
+    match today {
+        Some(today) if latest_file.date == today => println!("Todays file was created"),
+        Some(today) if latest_file.date < today => println!("Todays file was not created"),
+        Some(today) if latest_file.date > today => println!("Future files were created"),
+
+        _ => println!("Today never happend!")
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_data_dir(dir_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut dir = if let Ok(home) = env::var("HOME") {
+        let mut x = PathBuf::new();
+        x.push(home);
+        x
+    } else {
+        env::current_dir().expect("PWD environment variable not set")
+    };
+    dir = dir.join(dir_name);
+    dir
+}
+
+fn get_latest_file(dir: &Path) -> Result<TodoFile, String> {
+    let dir = fs::read_dir(dir).expect(format!("Could not find notes folder: {:?}", dir).as_str());
+    dir.filter_map(|f| f.ok())
+        .filter_map(|file| TodoFile::try_from(file).ok())
+        .reduce(|a, b| TodoFile::latest_file(a, b))
+        .ok_or("Could not reduce items".to_string())
+}
+
+fn get_file_regex() -> Regex {
+    Regex::new(r"(?P<year>\d{4})-(?P<month>\d{2})-(?P<day>\d{2}).md")
+        .expect("could not create regex")
+}
+
+impl TodoFile {
+    fn capture_as_number<T: FromStr>(capture: &regex::Captures, name: &str) -> Result<T, String> {
+        Ok(capture
+            .name(name)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str()
+            .parse::<T>()
+            .ok()
+            .ok_or("Something went wrong".to_owned())?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn latest_file(a: TodoFile, b: TodoFile) -> TodoFile {
+        if a.date > b.date {
+            a
+        } else {
+            b
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<DirEntry> for TodoFile {
+    type Error = String;
+
+    fn try_from(direntry: DirEntry) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let re = get_file_regex();
+        println!("{:?}", re);
+        let file_name = direntry.file_name();
+        let file_name_str = match file_name.to_str() {
+            Some(name) => name,
+            _ => ""
+        };
+        println!("{:?}", file_name_str);
+
+        if let Some(caps) = re.captures(file_name_str) {
+            let year: i32 = Self::capture_as_number(&caps, "year").unwrap();
+            let month: u32 = Self::capture_as_number(&caps, "month").unwrap();
+            let day: u32 = Self::capture_as_number(&caps, "day").unwrap();
+
+            return Ok(Self {
+                file: direntry,
+                date: NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(year, month, day).unwrap(),
+            });
+        };
+        Err(format!("Could not parse file name => {{ name: {:?}, re: {:?} }}", file_name, re).to_string())
+    }
+}