Mayan Doomsday Countdown

[trigggl]

On a whim, I decided to try to figure out how to create my own Linux command line Mayan countdown to December 21.

With the "knowledge" that the supposed doomsday is 13.0.0.0.0 according to the Mayan long count and that the date for that is approximated to Dec.21, I wrote a bash script to countdown the last 2 digits to 0.0.0.0.0. For instance, today is 76 days until Dec.21. By my bash script, that comes out to 3 winal and 16 K'in. Or, in other words,

0.0.0.3.16

Tomorrow will be...

0.0.0.3.15

We're already close enough to set the date that Tun, K'utun and Bac'tun are all zero. No point in calculating them. To make a short complicated story shorter, here's my script.

#!/bin/bash
let countdn=15695-$(date +%s)/86400
let winal=$countdn/20
let kin=$countdn-$winal*20
echo "0.0.0."$winal"."$kin

There are 20 K'in (days) in a Winal, so the day after 0.0.0.3.0 will be 0.0.0.2.19 left.

I guess I should put an 'if' statement on 'countdn' to make sure it's not a negative number.

else
echo "The sky is falling!"

[John P. Myers]

If it helps with the preciseness of your calculations, the Mayan calendar ends at the moment of the winter solstice, which is Dec. 21 at 11:12 AM UTC

[Mumps]

I guess I should put an 'if' statement on 'countdn' to make sure it's not a negative number.

else
echo "The sky is falling!"

Or, more appropriately

else
echo "The sky *has* fallen!"

[Mike029]

Dammit. We have to catch SG by that date? Let's get too it.... No time to waste.

[Duke of Buckingham]

If it is to have strange ideas, I still prefer to assume that the Mayan were expecting their gods to return to earth on that day.

In fact the Dresden codex on the last page seems to have a deluge as a prediction but I could bet anything that it is not it because if I lose I will only have to pay after the end of the world and I will not need the money anymore.

It doesn't matter anyway, if the word ends we will end with it and after the end of the world, no one will stay to congratulate the predictors of such disgrace.

I have one thing to declare, Duke phoned home and they are coming to take me home.

Very Crazy Duke phoning home

[trigggl]

0.0.0.3.15

[Duke of Buckingham]

Now I am getting nervous.

[trigggl]

0.0.0.3.14

[Duke of Buckingham]

[trigggl]

0.0.0.3.12