This is a collection of personal helper scripts for dealing with chronology ...For people who have moved past (the pretty neat idea of) digital watches
- timescreen - big clock on your terminal - display the time in figlet fonts
- showtime - given a number of seconds, turns it into days/hours/etc
- worldtime - show the current time in multiple different timezones
- datediff - show time between two dates (uses showtime)
A nice full-screen clock
Originally designed to run in screen continuously, hence name
Time rendered big via figlet/toilet
Usage.
worldtime
Advanced usage - show times of a different time.
worldtime <date(1) compatible date/time string>
eg
worldtime '19 may 2021 03:00'
Super advanced usage - show times of a different time given in a different timezone
eg"
worldtime '19 may 2021 18:00 BST'
or
TZ=Europe/London worldtime '19 may 2021 18:00'
note. worldtime uses datediff
Display the different between two date(1) compatible dates.
eg:
datediff "01-Jan-1970" "@155555555"
note: datediff uses showtime
Show the time for a given number of seconds.
eg:
showtime 155555555
Improve usage details
These scripts were created and updated independently to each other over many years, then assembled into this repo in 2024 from backups. Details of this process can be found in the earliest commits.