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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Control Clementine from the command line using dbus."""
+
+import dbus
+
+CLEM_NAME = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine"
+CLEM_PATH = "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2"
+CLEM_PLAYER_NAME = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player"
+PROPS_NAME = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player"
+
+
+def main():
+    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+    hour, minutes, seconds = get_position(bus)
+    timestamp = f"{minutes:02}:{seconds:02}"
+    if hour:
+        timestamp = f"{hour}:{timestamp}"
+    print(timestamp)
+
+
+def get_clementine_object(bus):
+    clem_object = bus.get_object(CLEM_NAME, CLEM_PATH)
+    return clem_object
+
+
+def get_position(bus):
+    clem_object = get_clementine_object(bus)
+    position = clem_object.Get(CLEM_PLAYER_NAME, "Position")
+    timestamp_ns = int(position)
+    timestamp_sec = timestamp_ns // 1_000_000
+    timestamp_h = timestamp_sec // 3600
+    timestamp_min = (timestamp_sec // 60) % 60
+    timestamp_sec = timestamp_sec % 60
+    return (timestamp_h, timestamp_min, timestamp_sec)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()