Subj : if you want a taste of madness, you have to wait in line
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Sep 30 2017 04:16:29

Hey Nancy!

 NB> the older ones were definitely smoother and nicer than the
 NB> younger ones...

Sounds good to me, especially considering it will be the older one this time 
around.  I almost bought the 18 year old to make up for my mistake of waiting 
too long last time but I believe I did the right thing this time around.  
However next time it will probably be the usual 12 year old although there is 
plenty of time before then to change my mind.  Who knows, I may break with 
tradition and try something different such as an Oban.  :-)

 NB> And since the countdown is only in days

It makes it easier given I am using the standard Unix time in seconds for both 
the future and the present datetime stamp and then dividing the result by 86400 
seconds/day to obtain the floor (no fractional part) which doesn't need to 
concern itself with leap seconds and other such oddities.  From this angle it 
appears to be working like a charm although I have yet to come up with special 
output (tagline) for when there are 0 days.  Looks to me like there are 93 days 
left before I *have* to come up with something.  I am sure the actual toast msg 
will be done the same way as prior toasts as they kept me pn my toes and were 
well within seconds of the allocated time.

Life is good,
Maurice

.... Future cybertoasts of note:
    2018-01-01 is   93 days from now and falls on a Monday.
    2024-11-05 is 2593 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.
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