%d %m %y dont match my dates

[joe_momma]

I used 28 01 19 in the events.txt, and put in a print(events) line the out put is: [[datetime.date(2019, 1, 28)]].
A list of a list datetime.date object. Then changed the end of your script

events = get_events()
today = date.today()
print(events[0][0]) 
print(today.isoformat())
myEvents= events[0][0].timetuple()
print(myEvents[0])

vertical_space = 100
days_until = days_between_dates(events[0][0], today) 

days_until = days_between_dates(events[0][0], today)
display = 'it is %s days until %s' % (days_until, myEvents[0])
c.create_text(100, vertical_space, anchor='w', fill='lightblue', font='Arial 28 bold', text=display)
 
vertical_space = vertical_space + 30