epoch

Is a console app for creating timelines that can be exported to HTML or other formats
it also has an interactive console to interact with events and get various information
epoch internally uses Julian days for date time storing so it supports negative years for BC

build

go build -o epoch cmd/main.go

use

epoch works on JSON document files and a file must be provided at the start to print a document on the console:

./epoch -f test.json -p  

to work on file:

./epoch -f test.json

after opening the file, you can type '?' for more information on how to use it

exporting document

to HTML

./epoch -f test.json -o test.html

to new JSON file:

./epoch -f test.json -o test.json

Example

You can try examples from the test_data folder print to console

./epoch -f test_data/ww2.json -p

export to HTML

./epoch -f test_data/ww2.json -o ww2.html 

edit document

./epoch -f test_data/ww2.json

inside a document, you can use commands:

• p - to print timeline
• s - save
• q - exit
• set zoom - set zoom level in days
• open html - open html doc in the browser
• help,? - to look for other options