Labtime

Installation

  1. Make sure you have ruby and ruby gems installed. Refer to https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/.

  2. Install the labtime gem using this command: gem install labtime

CLI Usage

Run labtime and you should get this output:

$ labtime
Commands:
    labtime convert_decimal [decimal_labtime] [year]  # Convert a decimal labtime in a given year to real time in string format
    labtime hello [name]                              # say my name
    labtime help [COMMAND]                            # Describe available commands or one specific command

Python Usage

import subprocess
import datetime

realtime = subprocess.check_output(['labtime','convert_decimal','1000.0', '2000']).decode('utf-8')
realtime = datetime.datetime.strptime(realtime.strip(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
realtime.isoformat()
# '2000-02-11T16:00:00-05:00'

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Including in your project

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'labtime'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/labtime.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.