perl -MTime::Piece -ne 'BEGIN{$date=localtime->ymd(".")};
print unless ($_ == $date) .. /^\s*$/'
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not a block
2017.12.16
block1
block1
block1
2017.01.01
not a block
not a block
not a block
2017.12.16
block2
block2
block2