beat-time

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

class BeatTime():

    def __init__(self):
        # Swatch Internet Time uses the time scale of Biel Meantime (BMT),
        # which is equivalent to UTC+1.
        bmt_now = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=1)

        # Swatch Internet Time is calculated by dividing the number of seconds
        # past midnight by the number of seconds contained within one .beat.
        self.beat_time = (bmt_now.second + (bmt_now.minute * 60) + (bmt_now.hour * 60 * 60)) / 86.4

    def __str__(self):
        return "@{:.1f}".format(self.beat_time)

print(BeatTime())