Cowsay release countdown.

cowsay-cowntdown

#!/usr/bin/env python 

# Copyright (c) 2015 Radovan Bast
# Licensed under the MIT license - http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

import time
import calendar
import os

release_time = calendar.timegm(time.gmtime())
diff = 1418386332 - release_time

num_d = diff/86400
num_h = (diff - num_d*86400)/3600
num_m = (diff - num_d*86400 - num_h*3600)/60
num_s = diff - num_d*86400 - num_h*3600 - num_m*60

s_d = "%i day" % num_d
if num_d > 1:
    s_d += 's'

s_h = "%i hour" % num_h
if num_h > 1:
    s_h += 's'

s_m = "%i minute" % num_m
if num_m > 1:
    s_m += 's'

s_s = "%i second" % num_s
if num_s > 1:
    s_s += 's'

message = "%s, %s, %s, and %s until the DIRAC14 release!" % (s_d, s_h, s_m, s_s)
command = 'cowsay "%s"' % message
os.system(command)