From b7f09cc3a1bbb160541f751060c6f01e49424be3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Irene Sheen <ceda_ei@webionite.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:00:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Use a pure python implementation instead of bash

---
 tz.py    | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tz.sh    | 20 --------------------
 tz_conky |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tz.py
 delete mode 100755 tz.sh

diff --git a/tz.py b/tz.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2839abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+
+timezones = {
+  "Vilnius": "Europe/Vilnius",
+  "Tehran": "Asia/Tehran",
+  "Oslo": "Europe/Oslo",
+  "Dublin": "Europe/Dublin",
+  "Victoria": "Australia/Victoria",
+}
+
+def n_characters(num, text):
+    print(f"{text:<{num}}", end="")
+
+print('${font Roboto Mono:pixelsize=20}', end="")
+for i in timezones.keys():
+    n_characters(15, i)
+print('${font}')
+
+print('${font Roboto Mono:pixelsize=30}', end="")
+now = datetime.now()
+for i in timezones.values():
+  n_characters(10, now.astimezone(ZoneInfo(i)).strftime("%H:%M"))
+print('${font}')
diff --git a/tz.sh b/tz.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6d52408..0000000
--- a/tz.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-places=(Europe/Vilnius Asia/Tehran Europe/Oslo Europe/Dublin Australia/Victoria)
-names=(Vilnius Tehran Oslo Dublin Victoria)
-
-n_character(){
-  echo -n "$(python3 -c "print('{:<$1}'.format(\"$2\"))")"
-}
-
-echo -n '${font Roboto Mono:pixelsize=20}'
-for i in ${names[@]}; do
-  n_character 15 $i
-done
-echo '${font}'
-
-echo -n '${font Roboto Mono:pixelsize=30}'
-for i in ${places[@]}; do
-  n_character 10 $(TZ=$i date +%H:%M)
-done
-echo '${font}'
diff --git a/tz_conky b/tz_conky
index 688586d..9077068 100644
--- a/tz_conky
+++ b/tz_conky
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ conky.config = {
 };
 
 conky.text = [[
-${execp ./tz.sh}
+${execp ./tz.py}
 ]];