My stardate inspired way to tell time... just for fun.. not to be used seriously.

earthdate.py

from datetime import datetime
from datetime import timedelta
import time


def getearthdate(dt_now):
    dt_begin = datetime(dt_now.year, 1, 1)
    dt_end = datetime(dt_now.year + 1, 1, 1)

    delta_year_length = dt_end - dt_begin
    delta_progress = dt_now - dt_begin

    percent = float(delta_progress.total_seconds()) / \
        float(delta_year_length.total_seconds()) * float(100.0)

    return str(dt_now.year - 1900) + str("%08.5f" % percent)


while 1:
    print("earthdate (localtime)    = " + getearthdate(datetime.now()))
    print("earthdate (+2 hours)     = " +
          getearthdate(datetime.now() + timedelta(hours=2)))
    print("earthdate (UTC)          = " + getearthdate(datetime.utcnow()))
    time.sleep(1)
    print("-----")