panelgroup	Informational Panels
name	UTC Clock
title	UTC Clock Script
layout	default
description	Renders the date and time. Simple
imageurl	../images/utcclock.png

UTC Clock

This script provides a simple rendering of the date and time

Script Location

To manage and configure this script, use the nodeyez-config tool

sudo nodeyez-config

To manually configure this script, edit the ~/nodeyez/config/utcclock.json file

Fields are defined below

field name	description
backgroundColor	The background color of the image expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Default `#602060`
dateTextColor	The color to render the current date expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default `#f1c232`
dayOfWeekTextColor	The color to render the day of the week expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default `#e69138`
height	The height, in pixels, to generate the image. Default `320`
interval	The amount of time, in seconds, the script should wait before data gathering and image creation again. Default `30`
timeTextColor	The color to render the current time expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default `#6aa84f`
width	The width, in pixels, to generate the image. Default `480`

Ensure the virtual environment is activated

source ~/.pyenv/nodeyez/bin/activate

Change to the scripts folder

cd ~/nodeyez/scripts

Run it

python utcclock.py

Press CTRL+C to stop the process

To enable the script to run at startup, as the privileged user run the following

sudo systemctl enable nodeyez-utcclock.service

sudo systemctl start nodeyez-utcclock.service