From 887d3dd1e2bcdb49d8cc57dbd986133cc68c27ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Poole <jlpoole56@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 08:03:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] time helpers

---
 scripts/compare_time.sh      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/compare_time_fast.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/compare_time.sh
 create mode 100755 scripts/compare_time_fast.sh

diff --git a/scripts/compare_time.sh b/scripts/compare_time.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e53941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/compare_time.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# compare_local_time.sh
+# 20260516 ChatGPT
+# $Header$
+#
+# Infinite loop displaying only Local time from timedatectl.
+#
+# Example:
+#   chmod 755 compare_local_time.sh
+#   ./compare_local_time.sh
+#
+# Suggested side-by-side usage:
+#   ssh jlpoole@zerodev1
+#   ./compare_local_time.sh
+#
+#   ssh jlpoole@zerodev2
+#   ./compare_local_time.sh
+
+while true
+do
+    timedatectl status | grep 'Local time:'
+    sleep 1
+done
diff --git a/scripts/compare_time_fast.sh b/scripts/compare_time_fast.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d652a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/compare_time_fast.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# compare_local_time_fast.sh
+# 20260516 ChatGPT
+# $Header$
+#
+# Faster/lighter infinite local time display.
+#
+# Example:
+#   chmod 755 compare_local_time_fast.sh
+#   ./compare_local_time_fast.sh
+
+while true
+do
+    printf "Local time: %s\n" "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3N %Z')"
+    sleep 0.2
+done