sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) (03/22/89)
There was a time program, posted to here or one of the comp groups,
I can't remember. It gave you the time in a friendly format, like
"it's almost 7PM".
Can someone point me to it? I'd like to integrate it into a program
of mine.
Thanks,
Sean
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In article <11312@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >There was a time program, posted to here or one of the comp groups, >I can't remember. It gave you the time in a friendly format, like >"it's almost 7PM". The program is called "qt", works fine and does exactly what you've said. It should be availabe from an archive, if not someone surely could post it here again. -Axel -- Domain: fischer@netmbx.UUCP Europe: ...!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer Rest of world: ...!uunet!pyramid!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer =====> Beam me up, Scotty - there is no intelligent life down here ! <=====
markk@censor.UUCP (Mark Keating) (03/28/89)
Well Here it is, one of the great's of all time.
Digital clocks --- Just say NO !!!!
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/* opt: -g -o qt
/* qt.c - Displays time in real English, also chimes. */
/* Mark Dapoz, Converted to C for UNIX, April 1986 */
/* Mike Cowlishaw, December 1979 - December 1982 */
/* 86/11/13 - major update, code really cleaned up :-) */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
#define TIMESIZ 80 /* size of our saying */
#define DEBUG
#undef DEBUG
char *h[13] = { /* numbers in words */
"one",
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven",
"eight",
"nine",
"ten",
"eleven",
""
};
char *getenv();
main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
char ot[TIMESIZ]; /* words to display */
short int hr,mn,sc; /* time of day */
short int five_mn; /* time to nearest five min */
time_t clock; /* struct for time function */
struct tm *tm;
struct tm *localtime(); /* conver to local time function*/
time_t time(); /* GMT time function */
strcpy(ot,"It's "); /* our saying */
time(&clock); /* GMT time of day from system */
tm=localtime(&clock); /* get local time */
hr=(short int)tm->tm_hour;
mn=(short int)tm->tm_min;
sc=(short int)tm->tm_sec;
#ifdef DEBUG
if (argc > 1) { /* debug */
hr=atoi(argv[1]);
mn=atoi(argv[2]);
sc=atoi(argv[3]);
printf("hr=%u, mn=%u, sc=%u\n",hr,mn,sc);
}
#endif
if (sc > 29) /* round up mins */
mn+=1;
if (mn > 32) /* round up hours */
hr+=1;
/* how far off 5 min mark? */
switch(mn%5) {
case 0: /* exact hour */
break;
case 1:
strcat(ot,"just gone ");
break;
case 2:
strcat(ot,"just after ");
break;
case 3:
strcat(ot,"nearly ");
break;
case 4:
strcat(ot,"almost ");
break;
}
five_mn = mn;
if (mn%5 >= 3) /* round up */
five_mn = mn+5;
/* what part of the hour? */
switch(five_mn-(five_mn%5)) { /* 5 minute resolution */
case 0:
case 60:
break;
case 5:
strcat(ot,"five past ");
break;
case 10:
strcat(ot,"ten past ");
break;
case 15:
strcat(ot,"a quarter past ");
break;
case 20:
strcat(ot,"twenty past ");
break;
case 25:
strcat(ot,"twenty-five past ");
break;
case 30:
strcat(ot,"half past ");
break;
case 35:
strcat(ot,"twenty-five to ");
break;
case 40:
strcat(ot,"twenty to ");
break;
case 45:
strcat(ot,"a quarter to ");
break;
case 50:
strcat(ot,"ten to ");
break;
case 55:
strcat(ot,"five to ");
break;
}
if ((hr%12) == 0)
midnoon(&hr,ot); /* noon and midnight */
if (hr > 12)
hr -= 12; /* get rid of 24-hour clock */
else
if (hr == 0)
hr=12; /* cater for midnight */
/* add the o'clock */
strcat(ot,h[hr-1]);
if ((mn%60 == 0) && (hr != 12))
strcat(ot," o'clock");
strcat(ot,"."); /* end of sentence */
if ((mn%15) == 0) /* chime every 15 minutes */
chime(&hr,&mn);
putchar('\n');
puts(ot); /* town crier :-) */
}
midnoon(hr,ot) /* is it noon or midnight? */
short int *hr; /* hour of day */
char *ot; /* the saying */
{
if (*hr == 12) /* it's noon */
strcat(ot,"Noon");
else /* it's midnight */
strcat(ot,"Midnight");
*hr=12; /* make it noon */
}
chime(hr,mn) /* ring the bells */
short int *hr; /* hour of day */
short int *mn; /* minute of day */
{
int num,i;
char bell[16], ring[80];
if ((*mn%60) == 0) { /* on the hour? */
strcpy(bell,"Bong");
num = *hr;
}
else { /* must be quarter hour */
strcpy(bell,"Ding-Dong");
num=(*mn%15);
}
strcpy(ring,"(");
strcat(ring,bell); /* ring the bells */
for (i=0;i < num-1;i++) {
strcat(ring,",");
strcat(ring,bell);
}
strcat(ring,"!)");
putchar('\n'); puts(ring);
}