what-time

Print current time for friends in their time zone.

Installation

1. Install the binary:

cargo install what-time

1. Create a config file as described below, and put it in $HOME/.what-time.

Example:

```

% what-time josh Sat 05:32 AM ```

Time zones are stored in a config file where each line contains a friend's name and their time zone, separate white space:

anna Pacific/Auckland caleb America/New_York jimmy Australia/Brisbane joanne America/Los_Angeles josh Australia/Brisbane sebastian America/Phoenix steve America/Chicago thomi Pacific/Auckland

Config File

The default config file location is $HOME/.what-time but you can override with the --config flag: ```

% what-time --config ~/.my-config josh % Sat 05:32 AM ```

See List of tz database time zones for valid time zone strings.

The config can be a URL starting with /https?/, in which case the config will be fetched from that URL. For example:

```

% what-time --config https://gist.githubusercontent.com/stevemolitor314/ecf5bd9b1c7c36a78c3ae1c29ff20a7b/raw/12d56e13ad3a3c191969ecac9034be0df2026c63/what-time.txt josh % Sat 05:32 AM ```

Help

Pass the --help option to see the usage information:

```

% what-time --help

Prints current time for friends in other time zones, in their time zone.

USAGE: what-time [OPTIONS]

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: -c, --config Friends timezones file, defaults to ~/.what-time. Can be a URL starting with /https?/, in which case the config will be fetched from that URL.

ARGS: The name of the friend to report the current time for. ```