PoE Patch Update

'''
Simple script to launch PoE at a given time.
This will allow the stand-alone client to update.

Adjust patch_date, patch_hour and patch_minute to reflect
the correct date/times for the patch release.
'''
import datetime
import os
import time

patch_date = '2019-12-13' # Date of the patch
patch_hour = 11 # 24 hour format. Start patching at this hour on the below minute
patch_minute = 5 # Start patching at this minute on the above hour
poe_dir = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Grinding Gear Games\\Path of Exile\\" # Double backward slashes necessary
poe_exe = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Grinding Gear Games\\Path of Exile\\PathOfExile.exe" # Double backward slashes necessary

while True:
    now = str(datetime.datetime.now())
    current_date, current_time = now.split()
    current_hour, current_minute = current_time.split(':')[0], current_time.split(':')[1]

    # Check to see if current hour/minute have leadig zeros, remove zero so we can convert to int
    if list(current_hour)[0] == '0':
        current_hour = int(list(current_hour)[1])
    if list(current_minute)[0] == '0':
        current_minute = int(list(current_minute)[1])

    # If we are on the correct date and meet/exceed our patch_hours and patch_minutes then we execute PoE to update
    if patch_date in current_date and current_hour >= patch_hour and current_minute >= patch_minute:
        print('PATCH TIME! Launching PoE and exiting this script...')
        os.chdir(poe_dir)
        os.startfile(poe_exe)
        break
    else:
        print("It's only {}! We can't patch until {} {}:{}. Sleeping for 60 seconds and checking again...".format(now, patch_date, patch_hour, patch_minute))
        time.sleep(60)