diff --git a/bin/get_last_update.sh b/bin/get_last_update.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Gets the time of the last archlinux update.
+
+declare -i last_time="$(
+  rg -B1 'pacman -S(u|[yu]{2})$' "${HOME}/.bash_eternal_history" \
+    | tac \
+    | awk '$0 ~ /^#/ { print substr($0, 2); exit }'
+)"
+declare -i now="$(date '+%s')"
+
+declare last_time_fmt="$(date -d "@${last_time}" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
+declare days_ago="$(( (now-last_time)/(3600*24) ))"
+
+printf 'Last updated at %s | %d days ago\n' "$last_time_fmt" "$days_ago"