def getPropkaHeader():
    """
    Creates the header
    """
    from datetime import date
    today = date.today()
    str = 'propka3.1 %93s\n' % today
    str += """-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"""
    str += """--                                                                                                   --
"""
    str += """--                                   PROPKA: A PROTEIN PKA PREDICTOR                                 --
"""
    str += """--                                                                                                   --
"""
    str += """--                                 VERSION 1.0,  04/25/2004, IOWA CITY                               --
"""
    str += """--                                             BY HUI LI                                             --
"""
    str += """--                                                                                                   --
"""
    str += """--                            VERSION 2.0,  11/05/2007, IOWA CITY/COPENHAGEN                         --
"""
    str += """--                                BY DELPHINE C. BAS AND DAVID M. ROGERS                             --
"""
    str += """--                                                                                                   --
"""
    str += """--                                VERSION 3.0,  01/06/2011, COPENHAGEN                               --
"""
    str += """--                            BY MATS H.M. OLSSON AND CHRESTEN R. SONDERGARD                         --
"""
    str += """--                                                                                                   --
"""
    str += """--                                VERSION 3.1,  07/01/2011, COPENHAGEN                               --
"""
    str += """--                            BY CHRESTEN R. SONDERGARD AND MATS H.M. OLSSON                         --
"""
    str += """-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"""
    str += '\n'
    return str
