Epoch Helpers
A command line utility for helping with comparing the number of days or months since epoch and other dates.
Installation
pip install Epoch-Helpers
Or alternatively
git clone git@github.com:cbrentharris/epoch-helpers.git && cd epoch-helpers && python setup.py install
Days Helpers
When you have a date and would like to convert it to the number of days since epoch:
epoch_helpers --days-since-epoch -y 2016 -m 1 -d 1
16801
epoch_helpers --days-since-epoch 2016-01-01
16801
epoch_helpers --days-since-epoch 2016/1/1 --date-format %Y/%m/%d
16801
When you have the number of days since epoch and would like to convert it to a date:
epoch_helpers --days-to-date 16801
2016-01-01 00:00:00
When you would like to know the date a certain number of days ago:
epoch_helpers --days-ago 7
2016-12-05 22:34:49.993501
When you would like to know the number of days since a specific date:
epoch_helpers --days-since 2016-01-01
346
epoch_helpers --days-since -y 2016 -m 1 -d 1
346
epoch_helpers --days-since 2016/1/1 --date-format %Y/%m/%d
346
Months Helpers
When you have a date and would like to conver it to the number of months since epoch:
epoch_helpers --months-since-epoch -y 2016 -m 1 -d 1
552
epoch_helpers --months-since-epoch 2016-01-01
552
epoch_helpers --months-since-epoch 2016/1/1 --date-format %Y/%m/%d
552
When you have the number of months since epoch and would like to convert it to a date:
epoch_helpers --months-to-date 552
2016-01-01 00:00:00
When you would like to know the date a certain number of months ago:
epoch_helpers --months-ago 7
2016-05-13 07:55:29.005747
When you would liek to know the number of months since a specific date:
epoch_helpers --months-since 2014-05-22
31
epoch_helpers --months-since -y 2014 -m 5 -d 22
31
epoch_helpers --months-since 5/22/2014 --date-format %m/%d/%Y
31