Some work places and contracts require employees to "clock" a given number of work hours.

As it so happened I used to work in one of these, and I found it a bit hard to keep track of the hours. So I wrote a couple of small helpers to register and monitor the work hours.

This repo includes 2 parts:

1. A python script intended to run as a service or otherwise be run on system start-up (for instance added in: gnome-session-properties).

   This script runs dbus-monitor (so be sure it's reachable on system path) and writes the first screen unlock and last lock of each day into a csv file.

2. A gnome-shell extension to display the remaining time to work this month.

Run python lockscreen_monitor.py (I recommend to run it on start up to avoid forgetting to run it).

Place the extension where gnome-shell can find it, e.g:

~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

Enable the extension, easily done using a toole such as: gnome-tweak-tool

• CSV_FILE = '~/hours_logs/{}.csv' - where you want to store the logs.
• PID_FILE = '/tmp/lockscreen_monitor.pid' - where to store the pid file (to allow only 1 instance to run simultaniously).

• REFRESH_INTERVAL = 120 - update frequency
• SHOW_BLINKING = false - toggle blinking dot on every update
• REQUIRED_HOURS_DAY = 9 - how many hours are required per work day
• WEEKEND_DAYS = [5, 6] - which days of the week are weekends (0-6 where 0 = sunday)