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+import sqlite3
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from json import load
+from os import listdir
+from os.path import join
+
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+DIRECTORY = "./data"
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("data.db")
+cu = con.cursor()
+
+# Create database table
+cu.execute(
+    "CREATE TABLE messages (id INTEGER, date TEXT, hour INT, category TEXT, type TEXT)"
+)
+
+for file in listdir(DIRECTORY):
+    print(file)
+    category = input("Category: ")
+    with open(join(DIRECTORY, file), "r") as f:
+        json = load(f)
+        for message in tqdm(load(f).get("messages")):
+            # Parse time string into DateTime object
+            # Some of the messages don't have miliseconds so there needs to be two statements
+            try:
+                timestamp = datetime.strptime(
+                    message["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z"
+                )
+            except ValueError:
+                timestamp = datetime.strptime(
+                    message["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"
+                )
+            # Convert UCT to EDT
+            hour = timestamp.hour - 5
+
+            # Change date if hour rolled around
+            if hour < 0:
+                hour += 24
+                timestamp -= timedelta(days=1)
+
+            cu.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO messages (date, hour, category, type) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
+                (
+                    timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
+                    hour,
+                    category,
+                    "SENT"
+                    if message["author"]["name"] == "paulstretch"
+                    else "RECEIVED",
+                ),
+            )
+
+# Commit changes and close the database
+con.commit()
+con.close()
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