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+from util import hook, timesince
+import time
+import re
+import _thread
+import sqlite3
+import os
+
+# In seconds
+conversions = {
+    'y': 31536000,
+    'M': 2628003,
+    'd': 86400,
+    'h': 3600,
+    'm': 60,
+    's': 1
+}
+
+# When a reminder timer is below `threading_threshold`, it will spawn a thread
+# Reminders are updated on any PRIVMSG event
+# so it is recommended that `threading_threshold` ~= max(time between activity)
+threading_threshold = 5*conversions['m']    # In seconds
+maximum_duration = 5*conversions['y']       # The maximum length for a reminder
+maximum_reminders = 10                      # Maximum amount of reminders per channel-user
+
+
+def db_init(db):
+    db.execute('create table if not exists reminders(nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, active_thread, '
+               'primary key(nick, chan, creation_time))')
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def insert_reminder(db, nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, active_thread):
+    db.execute('insert into reminders(nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, active_thread) '
+               'values(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
+               (nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, int(active_thread)))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def del_reminder(db, nick, chan, reminder):
+    count = db.execute('delete from reminders where nick=? and chan=? and reminder=?',
+               (nick, chan, reminder)).rowcount
+    db.commit()
+    return count
+
+
+def get_reminders(db, nick):
+    return db.execute('select reminder, expire_time from reminders '
+                      'where nick=?',
+                      (nick,)).fetchall()
+
+
+def input_in_seconds(time_string):
+    """
+    :param time_string will be a string in the form of 1y2M3d4h5m6s in any order
+    """
+    reg = re.compile('([\d]+)([yMdhms])')
+    time_tuples = reg.findall(time_string)
+    wait_time = 0
+    for time_value, time_unit in time_tuples:
+        conversion_value = conversions.get(time_unit, None)
+        if conversion_value is None:
+            return remindme.__doc__
+        wait_time += int(time_value)*conversion_value
+    return wait_time
+
+
+def reminder_thread(nick, chan, reminder, wait_time, creation_time, conn, bot):
+    if float(wait_time) >= 1:
+        # Handle the case where a reminder didn't spawn a thread before expiring
+        time.sleep(float(wait_time))
+
+    elapsed_time = int(time.time() - creation_time)
+    remainder_seconds = elapsed_time % 60
+    if elapsed_time < 60:
+        creation_time_output = str(elapsed_time) + ' seconds'
+    else:
+        creation_time_output = timesince.timesince(creation_time)
+        if remainder_seconds:
+            # Prevent '1 minute & 0 seconds'
+            creation_time_output += ' & ' + str(remainder_seconds) + ' seconds'
+
+    conn.msg(chan, nick + ': ' + 'You set a reminder ' + str(creation_time_output) + ' ago: ' + reminder)
+
+    # Cheat real bad and just reimplement core/db.get_db_connection
+    filename = os.path.join(bot.persist_dir, '%s.%s.db' % (conn.nick, conn.server_host))
+    db = sqlite3.connect(filename, timeout=10)
+    db.execute('delete from reminders where nick=? and chan=? and creation_time=?',
+               (nick, chan, creation_time))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@hook.singlethread
+@hook.event('PRIVMSG')
+def update_reminders(paraml, input=None, db=None, bot=None):
+    """
+    Every time a privmsg happens:
+        - Update reminders expire_time
+        - Spawn threads that will
+    (Consider some throttling here)
+    For any such reminder, spawn a new thread and set active_thread in db
+
+    Stale db entries can happen if the system crashes before reminder threads complete
+    Check for:
+        - # of active threads is 0 (singleton)
+        - # of active threads !- num of returned rows for active_thread = True
+        - active_thread = True and (expire_time - now) < 0
+        - active_thread = False and (expire_time - now) < 0
+    """
+    db_init(db)
+
+    # Experimental single query with clean-up
+    all_reminders = db.execute('select nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, active_thread '
+                               'from reminders').fetchall()
+
+    for reminder in all_reminders:
+        nick = reminder[0]
+        chan = reminder[1]
+        reminder_text = reminder[2]
+        expire_time = float(reminder[3])
+        creation_time = float(reminder[4])
+        active_thread = reminder[5]
+
+        wait_time = expire_time - time.time()
+
+        if active_thread:
+            # Any active threads with negative wait_time are stale: clean up
+            if wait_time < 0:
+                _thread.start_new_thread(reminder_thread,
+                                        (nick, chan, reminder_text, wait_time, creation_time, input.conn, bot))
+                db.execute('delete from reminders where nick=? and chan=? and creation_time=?',
+                           (nick, chan, creation_time))
+        else:
+            # If any reminders without active threads are below the threading_threshold: spawn a thread
+            # This handles wait_time < 0, i.e. a thread wasn't spawned and the reminder expired
+            if wait_time < threading_threshold:
+                _thread.start_new_thread(reminder_thread,
+                                        (nick, chan, reminder_text, wait_time, creation_time, input.conn, bot))
+                db.execute('update reminders set active_thread = 1 where '
+                           'nick=? and chan=? and creation_time=?',
+                           (nick, chan, creation_time))
+
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@hook.singlethread
+@hook.command
+@hook.command('remind')
+def remindme(inp, nick='', chan='', db=None, conn=None, bot=None):
+    """.remindme 1y9M7d5h3m1s <reminder text> will set a reminder for 1 year 9 months 7 days 5 hours 3 minutes 1 second.
+    It's just like youtube timestamps. |
+    .remindme list to see active reminders | .remindme del <reminder_text> to delete reminders (can delete multiple)"""
+    db_init(db)
+    query = inp.split(' ', 1)
+
+    if query[0] == 'list':
+        reminders = get_reminders(db, nick)
+        for reminder in reminders:
+            output = 'Reminder for \"' + reminder[0] + '\" expires on ' + time.ctime(reminder[1])
+            conn.msg(nick, output)
+        if not len(reminders):
+            return 'No active reminders!'
+        return
+
+    if query[0] == 'del':
+        reminder_text = query[1]
+        deleted_rows = del_reminder(db, nick, chan, reminder_text)
+        return "Deleted " + str(deleted_rows) + " reminders."
+
+    if len(query) < 2:
+        return remindme.__doc__
+
+    time_input = query[0]
+    reminder = query[1].strip()
+
+    if not any((c in ['y', 'M', 'd', 'h', 'm', 's']) for c in str(time_input)) \
+            or not any(char.isdigit() for char in str(time_input)):
+        return remindme.__doc__
+
+    wait_time = input_in_seconds(time_input)
+    if wait_time > maximum_duration:
+        return 'Your reminder can\'t be longer than ' + str(maximum_duration) + ' seconds'
+
+    rows = len(db.execute('select creation_time from reminders where '
+                          'nick=?', (nick,)).fetchall())
+
+    if rows == maximum_reminders:
+        return 'You can have at most ' + str(maximum_reminders) + ' reminders.'
+
+    expire_time = time.time() + wait_time
+    creation_time = time.time()
+
+    if wait_time < threading_threshold:
+        insert_reminder(db, nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, True)
+        _thread.start_new_thread(reminder_thread, (nick, chan, reminder, wait_time, creation_time, conn, bot))
+    else:
+        insert_reminder(db, nick, chan, reminder, expire_time, creation_time, False)
+
+    confirmation = 'Reminder set for ' + time.ctime(expire_time) + ': ' + reminder
+    return confirmation
+