#!/usr/bin/ruby def countdown(fitem,fday) fitems = fitem.split(":") h = fitems[0].to_i m = fitems[1].to_i s = fitems[2].to_i if fday.downcase =~ /sun/ then $fdays = 1 elsif fday.downcase =~ /mon/ then $fdays = 2 elsif fday.downcase =~ /tue/ then $fdays = 3 elsif fday.downcase =~ /wed/ then $fdays = 4 elsif fday.downcase =~ /thu/ then $fdays = 5 elsif fday.downcase =~ /fri/ then $fdays = 6 elsif fday.downcase =~ /sat/ then $fdays = 7 end t = Time.now.asctime.to_s time = t.split(" ") $days = 0 if time[0] == 'Sun' then $days = 1 elsif time[0] == 'Mon' then $days = 2 elsif time[0] == 'Tue' then $days = 3 elsif time[0] == 'Wed' then $days = 4 elsif time[0] == 'Thu' then $days = 5 elsif time[0] == 'Fri' then $days = 6 elsif time[0] == 'Sat' then $days = 7 end hms = time[3].split(":") $hours = (hms[0].to_i - h) * -1 $mins = (hms[1].to_i - m) * -1 $secs = (hms[2].to_i - s) * -1 $eday = $fdays - $days if $secs < 0 then $secs = $secs + 60 $mins = $mins - 1 end if $mins < 0 then $mins = $mins + 60 $hours = $hours - 1 end if $hours < 0 then $hours = $hours + 24 $eday = $eday - 1 end if $eday < 0 then $eday = $eday + 7 end if $hours > 1 || $hours == 0 then $htxt = " hours, " else $htxt = " hour, " end if $mins > 1 || $mins == 0 then $mtxt = " mins, " else $mtxt = " min, " end if $secs > 1 || $secs == 0 then $stxt = " seconds " else $stxt = " second " end if $eday > 1 || $eday == 0 then $dtxt = " days, " else $dtxt = " day, " end return $eday.to_s + $dtxt + $hours.to_s + $htxt + $mins.to_s + $mtxt + "and " + $secs.to_s + $stxt end puts countdown("19:00:00","Saturday") + "until Doctor Who" #change this for the time and date