Timezone message box

timeshim.py

"""
Using %#I comes from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/strftime-wcsftime-strftime-l-wcsftime-l?view=msvc-160

see also https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tz.html
"""
import click
from dateutil.parser import parse
from dateutil.tz import gettz, tzlocal, UTC

# TODO: load this from a fixture
tzinfos = {
    "CST": gettz("America/Chicago"),
    "EST": gettz("America/New_York"),
    "PST": gettz("America/Los_Angeles"),
    "PDT": gettz("America/Los_Angeles"),
    "CEST": gettz("Europe/Berlin")
        }
@click.command()
@click.option('--date')
# TODO add option for inputting a target timezone
# Shouldn't hardcode CST and UTC, at least it's just a prototype
def timeshim(date):
    out = parse(date, tzinfos=tzinfos, fuzzy=True)
    cst = out.astimezone(tzinfos["CST"])
    utc = out.astimezone(UTC)
    fmt = "%#I:%M %p %Z" # h:mm PM Timezone
    print(utc.strftime(fmt))
    print(cst.strftime(fmt))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    timeshim()

Timezone.ahk

get_timezone() {

	clipboard := ""
	Send ^c
	ClipWait, 2
	
	timeshim := A_WorkingDir . "\Lib\Aux-Scripts\timeshim.py" ; TODO use A_ScriptDir somehow 
	cliptime := clipboard
	cmd := "pythonw.exe " . timeshim . " --date=""" . cliptime . """ | clip"
	runwait, %ComSpec% /c "%cmd%", ,Hide
    out := clipboard
	return out
}

#`:: ; todo make this into a mode somehow
get_timezone()
timestr := clipboard
MsgBox %timestr%
SetTimer, RemoveToolTip, -700
return

Example runs