https://github.com/sgwilym/dot-beat-time

Convert legacy time to decimal internet time, or beats.
https://github.com/sgwilym/dot-beat-time

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Convert legacy time to decimal internet time, or beats.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sgwilym/dot-beat-time
• Owner: sgwilym
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-07-10T09:27:05.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-20T18:10:21.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T05:09:24.159Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: beats, decimal, internet, swatch-internet-time, time
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.29 MB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# dot-beat-time

`dot-beat-time` is a small (0.3kb), fast, dependency-free package for getting beat internet time.

## Motivation

The millennium is upon us. The age of the internet arrived long ago. Why are we still coordinating meetings across timezones? Fortunately internet time — which splits the day into 1000 beats and which is consistent across the world — is here to fix all that.

Example: you are in central Europe and wish to organise a meeting with your friend in Tokyo during your lunch. Instead of calculating what time it is in Tokyo then, just tell your friend: "let's talk at @500!".

## Installation

Install locally:

`yarn add dot-beat-time`

Alternatively `dot-beat-time` is also published as an ES module, meaning that you can import it directly using CDNs like [pika.dev](https://www.pika.dev/packages/dot-beat-time).

## API

### `fromDate`

`fromDate(date: Date, long?: boolean): string`

Takes a standard JS Date and outputs as an internet time formatted string e.g. `@255`.

If `true` is passed to the second argument, the beat will be fractional e.g. `@255.50`.

### `now`

`fromDate(long?: boolean): string`

Outputs the current time as a internet time formatted string e.g. `@650`.

If `true` is passed to the second argument, the beat will be fractional e.g. `@650.73`.

## Credit

The calculation for determining the current beat time has been taken from the [beats rust crate](https://docs.rs/beats).