Learning Python for Forensics

Developing the Date Decoder GUI – date_decoder.py

With the introduction to timestamps, GUI development, and Python classes, let's begin developing our date_decoder.py script. We will design a GUI with two primary functionalities that the end user will interact with. First, it allows the user to enter a timestamp from an artifact in native format and convert it to a human-readable time. The second feature allows the user to enter a human-readable timestamp and select an option to convert it into the respective machine times. To build this, we will use an entry box, several labels, and different types of buttons for the user to interact with the interface.

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All dates processed with this code assume local machine time for the time zone. Please ...