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README

An fzf-like tool to interactively select a date in a provided format.

Motivation

A variety of command-line utilities (at, journalctl, mpick, khal, …) allow passing dates in different formats via command-line options. Entering these dates in the required formats manually can be cumbersome and annoying. Inspired by fzf, this utility allows visually selecting a date interactively through a TUI, thereby easing specification of dates for other command-line utilities.

Status

Basic functionally is operational and works. However, I am not entirely happy with the keyboard navigation in the date selection view yet (see below). Further, the command-line interface needs some refinement, specifically additional display options from cal (e.g. -m) would be nice to have (see TODO.md).

Installation

If you have a Haskell development environment setup and a compatible GHC version installed, you can install this utility by cloning the repository and running:

$ cabal install

Alternatively, if you don’t have a Haskell development environment, you can also install this software using Guix. Guix will automatically install a supported GHC version for you and add the binary to your $PATH. In order to install datepicker this way run the following command

$ guix time-machine -C channels.scm -- package -f manifest.scm

Usage Examples

By default, datepicker requires selection of both a date and a time and prints the selected date in the RFC 1123 date format. The behavior can be customized using several command-line flags, e.g. the -f option allows specification of a different date format. This format must be specified using the format strings supported by the formatTime function from Haskell’s time library. A few example usages are provided below.

at — Execute a job at a specified time which is selected based on the current year (-y):

$ echo "ls ~" | at -m -t "$(datepicker -y -f %0Y%m%d%H%M)"

journalctl — Select log entries newer than a given date from a span of three months (-3):

$ journalctl --since="$(datepicker -3 -f '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"

mpick — Select emails newer than a given date in the current month, skipping time selection (-d):

$ mlist ~/mail/INBOX | mpick -t "date >= \"$(datepicker -d -f %Y-%m-%d)\""

Refer to the --help output for an overview of all supported command-line options. The command-line interface is still subject to change, more options will likely be added in future versions.

Key Bindings

Two input views are provided: (1) A date selection view and (2) a time selection view.

Date Selection:

• Esc / q: Abort selection, exit with non-zero exit status
• Enter: Confirm selection of focused date
• Up and Down: Change focus to date in previous/next week
• Left and Right: Change focus to previous/next date
  • Note: For the first/last day of the week the focus is changed to the previous/next month
  • This might change in a future version

Time Selection:

• Esc / q: Abort selection, exit with non-zero exit status
• Enter: Confirm selection of specified time
  • Note: If the time is invalid, confirming the selection won’t be possible
  • In a future version, this may cause an error to be emitted
• [0-9]: Input a new digit at the highlighted location
• Backspace: Move cursor to previous time digit
• Left and Right: Move cursor to previous/next digit

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.