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add tz param to https://github.com/mwaterfall/alfred-datetime-format-converter to get the time in your location. Some testing done.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import alfred
import calendar
import time
import math
from delorean import utcnow, parse, epoch
# global var to see if user
# has a time offset
_offset = 0
def process(query_str):
""" Entry point """
value = parse_query_value(query_str)
if value is not None:
results = alfred_items_for_value(value)
xml = alfred.xml(results) # compiles the XML answer
alfred.write(xml) # writes the XML back to Alfred
def parse_query_value(query_str):
""" Return value for the query string """
try:
query_str = str(query_str).strip('"\' ')
if query_str == 'now':
d = utcnow()
elif query_str.startswith('tz'):
global _offset
# get correction for local time and DST
_offset = local_time_offset()
# get current time
epoch_time = time.time()
# create delorean with local time
d = epoch(float(epoch_time+_offset))
else:
# Parse datetime string or timestamp
try:
d = epoch(float(query_str))
except ValueError:
d = parse(str(query_str))
except (TypeError, ValueError):
d = None
return d
def local_time_offset(t=None):
"""Return offset of local zone from GMT, either at present or at time t."""
# python2.3 localtime() can't take None
if t is None:
t = time.time()
if time.localtime(t).tm_isdst and time.daylight:
return -time.altzone
else:
return -time.timezone
def construct_offset_string():
global _offset
# round to the nearest minute by adding 30 seconds
# then take the floor of 60, then multiply again by 60
# to get back to seconds, just in case
_offset = int((_offset + 30) // 60) * 60
# convert to hours, round to 1 dp
_offset = round((float(float(_offset) / float(3600))),1)
# save the sign
# using a ternary-like conditional
# added in Python 2.5 http://cloud.zoooot.com/OCLx
# so all Alfred 2 users should be on 2.5+
sign = "-" if _offset < 0 else "+"
# check for half hour timezones
if math.fmod(_offset, 1) != 0:
# convert FLOAT to string
offsetStr = str(math.fabs(_offset))
else:
# convert to INT then a string
offsetStr = str(int(abs(_offset)))
#if length is 1, we add a zero in front and 2 after
if len(offsetStr) == 1:
offsetStr = "0" + offsetStr + ":00"
elif len(offsetStr) == 2:
#else just 2 after - still a whole hour
offsetStr = offsetStr + ":00"
elif len(offsetStr) == 3:
#half hour single digit
# reuse the offset
offsetStr = "0" + str(int(abs(_offset))) + ":30"
elif len(offsetStr) == 4:
#half hour double digit
offsetStr = str(int(abs(_offset))) + ":30"
# add the sign back on
offsetStr = sign + offsetStr
return offsetStr
def alfred_items_for_value(value):
"""
Given a delorean datetime object, return a list of
alfred items for each of the results
"""
subtitleStr=u'UTC Timestamp'
if _offset != 0:
tmpStr = construct_offset_string()
subtitleStr=u'UTC' + tmpStr + u' Timestamp'
index = 0
results = []
# First item as timestamp
item_value = calendar.timegm(value.datetime.utctimetuple())
results.append(alfred.Item(
title=str(item_value),
subtitle=subtitleStr,
attributes={
'uid': alfred.uid(index),
'arg': item_value,
},
icon='icon.png',
))
index += 1
# Various formats
formats = [
# 1937-01-01 12:00:27
("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", ''),
# 19 May 2002 15:21:36
("%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", ''),
# Sun, 19 May 2002 15:21:36
("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", ''),
# 1937-01-01T12:00:27
("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", ''),
# 1996-12-19T16:39:57-0800
("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z", ''),
]
for format, description in formats:
item_value = value.datetime.strftime(format)
results.append(alfred.Item(
title=str(item_value),
subtitle=description,
attributes={
'uid': alfred.uid(index),
'arg': item_value,
},
icon='icon.png',
))
index += 1
return results
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
query_str = alfred.args()[0]
except IndexError:
query_str = None
process(query_str)
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