package-lock.json

@@ -3620,6 +3620,15 @@
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       }
     },
+    "ethereum-block-by-date": {
+      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ethereum-block-by-date/-/ethereum-block-by-date-1.4.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "moment": "^2.29.1"
+      }
+    },
     "ethereum-common": {
       "version": "0.0.18",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ethereum-common/-/ethereum-common-0.0.18.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "moment": {
+      "version": "2.29.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.29.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kHmoybcPV8Sqy59DwNDY3Jefr64lK/by/da0ViFcuA4DH0vQg5Q6Ze5VimxkfQNSC+Mls/Kx53s7TjP1RhFEDQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "ms": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
@@ -9470,7 +9485,7 @@
           "dev": true
         },
         "websocket": {
-          "version": "github:web3-js/WebSocket-Node#905deb4812572b344f5801f8c9ce8bb02799d82e",
+          "version": "github:web3-js/WebSocket-Node#ef5ea2f41daf4a2113b80c9223df884b4d56c400",
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@@ -9916,4 +9931,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}

package.json

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.2.1",
     "eth-provider": "^0.2.5",
+    "ethereum-block-by-date": "^1.4.0",
     "homedir": "^0.6.0",
     "promptly": "^3.0.3",
     "solc": "^0.6.8",

scripts/find-block-for-date.js

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const promptly = require('promptly');
+const EthDater = require('ethereum-block-by-date');
+const initKredits = require('./helpers/init_kredits.js');
+
+module.exports = async function(callback) {
+  let kredits;
+  try { kredits = await initKredits(web3); } catch(e) { callback(e); return; }
+
+  const dater     = new EthDater(kredits.provider);
+  const dateStr   = await promptly.prompt('Specify a date and time (e.g. 2021-05-07T14:00:40Z): ');
+  const blockData = await dater.getDate(dateStr, true);
+
+  console.log(`
+The closest block is #${blockData.block}:
+https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/block/${blockData.block}
+`);
+
+  callback();
+}