dotfiles/scripts/sdate

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#!/usr/bin/env python
""" Calculate the Julian Date """
import time
import math
t = time.time()
""" Technically, we should be adding 2440587.5,
however, since we are trying to stick to the stardate
concept, we add only 40587.5"""
jd = (t / 86400.0 + 40587.5)
# Use the idea that 10 Julian days is equal to 1 stardate
print ("%05.3f" % jd)[:-1]