Money made today display

main.py

import os;
from datetime import datetime;
from time import mktime;
import time;
import threading;

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wage = 15; # Hourly wage
startHour = 8; # Start hour (24h time)
startMinute = 30; # Start minute

printInterval = 5; # Time between updates (seconds)

termWidth = 20; # Character width of terminal (for centering text)
#####################

def printValue():
  threading.Timer(printInterval, printValue).start();
  unused = os.system("clear");

  now = datetime.now();
  nowUnix = mktime(now.timetuple());
  startTime = now.replace(hour=startHour, minute=startMinute, second=0, microsecond=0);
  startTimeUnix = mktime(startTime.timetuple());

  deltaHrs = (nowUnix-startTimeUnix)/3600;
  deltaHrsFormatted = 'T+{:,.2f}'.format(deltaHrs);

  doubleValue = deltaHrs*wage;
  formattedValue = '${:,.2f}'.format(doubleValue);

  print(deltaHrsFormatted.center(termWidth));
  print(formattedValue.center(termWidth));

printValue();