1. # Calculating New Earth Time (NET) on Linux Console
  2. # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Earth_Time
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  4. # Requirements: date, bc
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  6. # Explanation:
  7. # -u: takes UTC time
  8. # The rest calculates all minutes of the current day and divides them by 4, as NET hast 360° per day, every grade having 4 minutes.
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  10. date -u +(%H*60+%M)/4 | bc