# call this via "python[3] script name" # Added 2017-11-05 by Stephen Workman, released under ASL 2.0 # # Produces a UNIX timestamp representing the specified RFC 3164 date/time # string. Since this date/time format does not include a year, a simple # algorithm is used to "guess" an appropriate one and append it to the # date/time string to calculate a timestamp value. # # If the incoming date is within one month in the future (from now), # it is assumed that it's either for the current year, or the next # year (depending on whether it is December or not). # - For example: # * If today is December 13th 2017 and we get passed the date/time # string "Jan 4 01:00:00", we assume that it is for the next # year (2018). # * If today is October 5th 2017, and we get passed the date/time # string "Nov 5 01:10:11", we assume that it is for this year. # If the incoming date has a month "before" the current month, or does # not fall into the situation above, it's assumed it's from the past. # - For example: # * If today is July 10th 2017, and the incoming date is for # a time in April, the year is assumed to be 2017. # * If today is July 10th 2017, and the incoming date is for # a time in September, the year is assumed to be 2016. # import re import sys from datetime import datetime, timedelta err = 0 # Make tests below a little easier to read. JAN = 1; FEB = 2; MAR = 3; APR = 4 MAY = 5; JUN = 6; JUL = 7; AUG = 8 SEP = 9; OCT = 10; NOV = 11; DEC = 12 # Run the provided expression and compare its result with the # expected value. The function expects the expression to be # passed in as a string so it can be printed to the screen # as-is when there is an error. def do_test(expr, val): global err # Run the expression and record the result result = eval(expr) # Print a message identifying the failing "test" if result != val: print("Error: %s. Expected %4d, got %4d!" % (expr, val, result)) err += 1 # Use a sliding 12-month window (offset by one month) # to determine the year that should be returned. # cy - Current Year # cm - Current Month # im - Incoming Month def estimate_year(cy, cm, im): im += 12 if (im - cm) == 1: if cm == 12 and im == 13: return cy + 1 if (im - cm) > 13: return cy - 1 return cy; # A quick and dirty unit test to validate that our # estimate_year() function is working as it should. def self_test(): # Where the incoming month is within one month # in the future. Should be the NEXT year if # the current date is in December, or the SAME # year if it's not December. do_test("estimate_year(2017, DEC, JAN)", 2018) do_test("estimate_year(2017, NOV, DEC)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, OCT, NOV)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, SEP, OCT)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, AUG, SEP)", 2017) # These tests validate months that are MORE than # one month in the future OR are before the current # month. If, numerically, the month comes after the # current month, it's assumed to be for the year # PRIOR, otherwise it's assumed to be from THIS year. do_test("estimate_year(2017, NOV, JAN)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, NOV, FEB)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, AUG, OCT)", 2016) do_test("estimate_year(2017, AUG, MAR)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, APR, JUL)", 2016) do_test("estimate_year(2017, AUG, JAN)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, APR, FEB)", 2017) # Additional validations based on what was described # above. do_test("estimate_year(2017, JAN, DEC)", 2016) do_test("estimate_year(2017, JAN, FEB)", 2017) do_test("estimate_year(2017, JAN, MAR)", 2016) # Convert a datetime.timedelta object to a UNIX timestamp def get_total_seconds(dt): # timedelta.total_seconds() wasn't added until # Python 2.7, which CentOS 6 doesn't have. if hasattr(timedelta, "total_seconds"): return dt.total_seconds() return dt.seconds + dt.days * 24 * 3600 if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 2: print("Invalid number of arguments!") sys.exit(1) if sys.argv[1] == "selftest": self_test() # Exit with non-zero if there were failures, # zero otherwise. sys.exit(err) months = [None, "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"] current_datetime = datetime.utcnow() # The argument is expected to be an RFC 3164 timestamp # such as "Oct 5 01:10:11". incoming_datetime = sys.argv[1] # Get the name of the month from the date/time string that was passed in # and convert it to its ordinal number (1 for Jan, 10 for Oct, etc...) incoming_month = re.search(r"^([^ ]+) ", incoming_datetime).group(1) incoming_month = months.index(incoming_month) # Assume a year for the date/time passed in based off of today's date. estimated_year = estimate_year( current_datetime.year, current_datetime.month, incoming_month ) # Convert the date/time string (now with a year, e.g. "Oct 5 01:10:11 2017") to # a python datetime object that we can use to calculate a UNIX timestamp calculated_datetime = datetime.strptime("%s %d" % (incoming_datetime, estimated_year), "%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") # Convert the datetime object to a UNIX timestamp by subtracting it from the epoch print(int( get_total_seconds(calculated_datetime - datetime(1970,1,1)) ))