In this chapter, we'll use a GUI to convert timestamps between raw and human-readable formats. Timestamp conversion is a useful excuse to explore programming GUIs as it offers a solution to a common investigative activity. By using a GUI, we greatly increase the usability of our script among those deterred by the Command Prompt, with all of its arguments and switches.
There are many options for GUI development in Python, though, in this chapter, we'll focus on TkInter. The TkInter library is a cross-platform GUI development library for Python that hooks into the operating system's Tcl/Tk library found on Windows, macOS, and several Linux platforms.
This cross-platform framework allows us to build a common interface that's platform-independent. Although TkInter GUIs may not look the most modern, they allow us to rapidly build a functional interface...
