gil_beats
This command-line program deals with the Swatch Internet Time.
Features:
- calculates the current @beats
- supports @beats to
H:m:stime format - outputs in several formats:
- Bitbar/Xbar/Swiftbar
- JSON
- raw text
It's also usable in other Rust programs as a library.
CLI examples
Supports several output formats:
$ gil_beats
@469
$ gil_beats --format=json
{"beats":469,"time":"11:15:21"}
$ gil_beats --format=swiftbar
@469
---
11:15:21 | href=https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=6&month=11&year=2021&beats=469&p1=0
Beats to time:
$ gil_beats --beats 500 --format json
{"beats":500,"time":"12:00:00"}
History
One day, after we had been given an hour (change from summer time to winter time, daylight saving time (DST)), there was a small discussion on Twitter about when the European Union would finally implement its plans to abolish daylight saving time.
Someone mentioned Swatch Internet Time, a time-zone-less time format from 1998. The idea was unsuccessful.
Unimpressed by all this, I thought a program that will help me deal with the Internet Time could be a nice little project to invest the hour well and learn some Rust. Here it is.
Since I have no intention of making it a full-fledged crate, and due to lack of name-finding creativity, I have prefixed the obvious name beats with my first name and hence called it gil_beats.
Usage & Development
- Install Rust (e.g. rustup, via your version manager or
brew install rustor which method you prefer) git clone https://github.com/gildesmarais/gil_beats.gitandcdinto it- To run:
cargo run -- --help - To install:
cargo install --path ., check for warnings and act, eventually run it:gil_beats
Use with Bitbar/XBar/Swiftbar...
To have the current @beats displayed in your menu bar, use:
and install gil_beats (see instructions above). Then, create this script in your *bar plugins folder, called e.g. gil_beats.87s.sh:
#!/bin/sh
"$HOME/.cargo/bin/gil_beats" --format=swiftbar
# or:
# gil_beats --format=swiftbar
Finally, chmod +x gil_beats.87s.sh and a new item on your menu bar should appear.
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