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+<h1>Upbeat</h1>
+<p align="center"><img src="thumbnail.webp" alt="widget in action"></p>
+<br>
+<strong>Upbeat</strong> is a bar widget plugin written for Noctalia (v5) that displays the current Internet Time. Internet time is a subversive, yet extremely accurate and location agnostic way of telling time created in the 90s for the purpose of communicating in the future. Also it's kinda funny. 
+<br>
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+id = "neuro/upbeat"
+name = "Upbeat"
+version = "1.0.0"
+min_noctalia = "5.0.0"
+author = "neuro"
+license = "MIT"
+icon = "at"
+deprecated = false
+description = "A bar widget that displays Swatch Internet (.beat) Time"
+tags = ["fun", "clock", "utility", "time"]
+
+[[widget]]
+id = "upbeat"
+entry = "upbeat.luau"
+
+[[widget.setting]]
+key = "show_centibeats"
+type = "bool"
+label = "Display subbeats"
+default = true
+description = "Toggle subbeat display (.xx)"
+
+[[widget.setting]]
+key = "beat_display"
+type = "bool"
+label = "Display .beats"
+default = false
+description = "Toggle internet time notation (.beats)"
+
+[[widget.setting]]
+key = "time_format_toggle"
+type = "bool"
+label = "Toggle 24Hr time"
+default = false
+description = "Display 24 hour time"
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+--!nonstrict
+local BIEL_OFFSET_SECONDS: number = 3600 -- UTC +1
+local SECONDS_PER_CENTIBEAT: number = 0.864
+local lastValue: number = -1
+
+-- definitions for converting local time to .beat time
+-- seconds per day 86400
+-- seconds per beat 86.4
+-- seconds per centibeat 0.864
+
+function update()
+    barWidget.setGlyph("at")
+    local secondsSinceMidnight: number = (os.time() + BIEL_OFFSET_SECONDS) % 86400 -- 86400 = seconds in one day
+    local totalCentibeats: number = math.floor(secondsSinceMidnight / SECONDS_PER_CENTIBEAT)
+    -- define display of subbeat toggle
+    local useCentibeats: boolean = barWidget.getConfig("show_centibeats")
+    -- define display of @beats toggle
+    local showSuffix: boolean = barWidget.getConfig("beat_display")
+    local timeFormatToggle: boolean = barWidget.getConfig("time_format_toggle")
+    local checkValue: number = useCentibeats and totalCentibeats or math.floor(totalCentibeats / 100)
+    -- layout updates when values tick
+    if checkValue ~= lastValue then
+        lastValue = checkValue
+        -- display .beat suffix toggle
+        local suffix: string = showSuffix and " .beats" or ""
+        if useCentibeats then
+            barWidget.setText(string.format("%03d.%02d", math.floor(totalCentibeats / 100), totalCentibeats % 100) .. suffix)
+        else
+            barWidget.setText(string.format("%03d", checkValue) .. suffix)
+        end
+    end
+    -- define display of 24h time toggle
+    local tooltipFormat: string = timeFormatToggle and "%T" or "%I:%M %p"
+    -- on hover displays the user's "real" time
+    barWidget.setTooltip(noctalia.formatTime(tooltipFormat))
+    -- resource savings when subbeats not shown
+    if useCentibeats then
+        noctalia.setUpdateInterval(200) -- high tick when tracking subbeats
+    else
+        -- return remaining seconds until whole beat
+        local secondsToNextBeat: number = 86.4 - (secondsSinceMidnight % 86.4)
+        -- defines targeting of next whole beat change (+100ms padding)
+        noctalia.setUpdateInterval(math.floor((secondsToNextBeat * 1000) + 100))
+    end
+end
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