// I hereby waive this project under the public domain - see UNLICENSE for details. const string banner = "=== Publish Times ==="; var numberOfArticles = 5; // Define how many articles to schedule var startTime = new TimeSpan(9, 0, 0); // Starting time at 9:00 AM var random = new Random(); var scheduledTimes = new List(); var storeSchedule = new List(); for (int i = 0; i < numberOfArticles; i++) { var baseDelayHours = random.Next(2, 4); // Randomly choose between 2-3 hours delay var minutesToAdd = random.Next(0, 60); // Randomly choose minutes (0-59) // Calculate new time by adding base delay and random minutes var nextTime = startTime.Add(new TimeSpan(baseDelayHours, minutesToAdd, 0)); // Check if the new time is within 30 minutes of any existing time while (scheduledTimes.Exists(previousTime => Math.Abs((nextTime - previousTime).TotalMinutes) < 30)) { // If the new time is within 30 minutes of an existing time, adjust it nextTime = nextTime.Add(new TimeSpan(0, 30, 0)); } scheduledTimes.Add(nextTime); startTime = nextTime; // Update start time for the next article } string TimeSpanToAMPM(TimeSpan time) { var minutes = time.TotalMinutes; var hours12 = time.Hours % 12; if (hours12 == 0) hours12 = 1; var period = time.Hours >= 12 ? "PM" : "AM"; return $"{hours12}:{time.Minutes:D2} {period}"; } Console.WriteLine(banner); foreach (var time in scheduledTimes) { var articleTime = $"Article {scheduledTimes.IndexOf(time) + 1} Scheduled at: {TimeSpanToAMPM(time)}"; // Correct format string to display time in 12-hour format with AM/PM Console.WriteLine(articleTime); // Store the schedule to memory for option export storeSchedule.Add(articleTime); } // Give the user an option to export the schedule Console.WriteLine("Export? Y/N"); if (Console.ReadKey().Key == ConsoleKey.Y) { var appPath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); var scheduleFile = "schedule.txt"; var filePath = Path.Combine(appPath, scheduleFile); var appendSchedule = false; // If the file already exists, assume a previous schedule was written if (File.Exists(filePath)) { Console.WriteLine($"{Environment.NewLine}Add another schedule? Y/N"); if (Console.ReadKey().Key == ConsoleKey.Y) appendSchedule = true; } // Write to file. using (var outputFile = new StreamWriter(Path.Combine(appPath, scheduleFile), appendSchedule)) { // Add separator between times if (appendSchedule) outputFile.WriteLine(" ---"); foreach (var line in storeSchedule) outputFile.WriteLine(line); } // Clear list from memory before exit storeSchedule.Clear(); } else { Environment.Exit(Environment.ExitCode); }