How to Create a Telegram To-Do List Bot

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The intention of this program is to provide an easy way for me and my girlfriend, Mikaela, to have a to-do list of items to keep track of and help to increase our productivity. I've made my best attempt to add comments along the code to explain what's going on however if it's still difficult to follow there are additional tutorials linked in the documentation
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import datetime #adds functionality for printing the date
from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler
updater = Updater(token = 'TOKEN-FROM-BOT-FATHER')
dispatcher = updater.dispatcher
jordan_tasks = []
mikaela_tasks = []
def tasks(bot, update, args): #function declaration. takes the bot and update objects as well as the arguments passed with the command
 today = datetime.date.today()
 dateList = []
 dateList.append(today)
 now = datetime.datetime.now() #creates an instance of the current time
 if now.hour == 23: #clears the lists at 11pm each day
 del jordan_tasks[:]
 del mikaela_tasks[:]
 if args[0] == 'Jordan' or args[0] == 'jordan':
 args.pop(0) #remove the first argument as it would not be used past knowing what list of tasks to put it in
 args.insert(0,'-')
 args = ' '.join(args) #converts the list of arguments into a single string
 jordan_tasks.append(args) #adds the arguments (minus the name of the individual) to the list of tasks
 if args[0] == 'Mikaela' or args[0] == 'mikaela':
 args.pop(0)
 args.insert(0,'-')
 args = ' '.join(args)
 mikaela_tasks.append(args)
 taskPrint = "LIST OF TASKS TO-DO FOR "+str(dateList[0]) #the date is put in a string format for it to be used with the other strings easily
 taskPrint += '\n\nJordan: '
 for i in range(len(jordan_tasks)): #runs a loop to gather all the items in the working list
 taskPrint += '\n'
 taskPrint += jordan_tasks[i]
 taskPrint += '\n\nMikaela: '
 for i in range(len(mikaela_tasks)):
 taskPrint += '\n'
 taskPrint += mikaela_tasks[i]
 bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text=taskPrint) #sends all the content in the taskPrint variable to the chat

def check_task(bot, update, args):
 today = datetime.date.today()
 dateList = []
 dateList.append(today)
 index = int(args[1]) #this is the second argument passed to the bot in the command that we're turning into an integer
 index -= 1 #the integer is decremented as the user would not use the index value but the regular numbered value of the item in the list
 if args[0] == 'Jordan' or args[0] == 'jordan':
 jordan_tasks[index] += u' \u2714' #adds the unicode tick to the list item
 if args[0] == 'Mikaela' or args[0] == 'mikaela':
 mikaela_tasks[index] += u' \u2714'
 taskPrint = "LIST OF TASKS TO-DO FOR "+str(dateList[0])
 taskPrint += '\n\nJordan: '
 for i in range(len(jordan_tasks)):
 taskPrint += '\n'
 taskPrint += jordan_tasks[i]
 taskPrint += '\n\nMikaela: '
 for i in range(len(mikaela_tasks)):
 taskPrint += '\n'
 taskPrint += mikaela_tasks[i]
 bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text='checked :)')
 bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text=taskPrint)

task_handler = CommandHandler('newtask',tasks,pass_args = True) #creates a new command handler that allows arguments to be passed with the telegram command, arguments are considered all strings after the initial command
check_handler = CommandHandler('check',check_task,pass_args = True)
dispatcher.add_handler(task_handler) #adds the newly created handler to the dispatcher. this allows it to be used in the running of the bot
dispatcher.add_handler(check_handler)
updater.start_polling() #updater starts polling messages and input from the user(s) in the chat