Intercontinental StarCraft 2 Happy Time Finder

happytime.py

from datetime import *
from clint.textui import colored, columns


#
# Using a module called Clint to take care of printing columns and text colour
#
# Examples: http://www.nicosphere.net/clint-command-line-library-for-python/
# Github: https://github.com/kennethreitz/clint
# Install: pip install clint
#
COLS = 20
print columns(['Chicago', COLS], ['London', COLS], ['Tokyo', COLS])

#  Next Saturday evening in London
d = date(2012, 1, 14)
t = time(20, 01)
london_time = datetime.combine(d, t)


#  Loop through 24 hours to find a happy StarCraft time
for dt in range(24):
    
    chicago_time = london_time + timedelta(hours=-6)
    tokyo_time = london_time + timedelta(hours=9)
    time_row = []
    
    #  Is the time a happy time?
    for location_time in (chicago_time, london_time, tokyo_time):
        local_hour = int(location_time.strftime("%H"))
        if  local_hour > 1 and local_hour < 6:
            # People need to sleep
            time_row.append(colored.red(str(location_time)))
        else:
            # Happy time!
            time_row.append(colored.green(str(location_time)))
    
    #  Print the results
    coloured_row = [ columns([x, COLS]) for x in time_row ]
    print "".join(coloured_row)
    
    #  Update the time in london
    london_time = london_time + timedelta(hours=1)