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December 9, 2020 22:40
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Python script to countdown to a specified datetime and write to a file. I use this for OBS countdown timers.
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from time import sleep | |
from datetime import datetime, time | |
def date_diff(date1, date2): | |
timedelta = date2 - date1 | |
return timedelta.days * 24 * 3600 + timedelta.seconds | |
def min_sec(seconds): | |
minutes, seconds = divmod(seconds, 60) | |
return minutes, seconds | |
leaving_date = datetime.strptime('2020-12-05 12:00:23', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | |
now = datetime.now() | |
diff = date_diff(now, leaving_date) | |
old_min = 0 | |
old_sec = 0 | |
while diff > 0: | |
min, sec = min_sec(date_diff(now, leaving_date)) | |
if old_min != min or old_sec != sec: | |
print("{:02d}:{:02d}".format(min, sec)) | |
old_min = min | |
old_sec = sec | |
now = datetime.now() | |
diff = date_diff(now, leaving_date) | |
sleep(0.2) | |
with open('countdown.txt', 'w') as file: | |
file.write("{:02d}:{:02d}".format(min, sec)) |
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