(setq *work-time-start* 8)
(setq *work-time-end* 16)

;(setq *work-day-dow-table* [nil (9 . (17 30)) (9 . (17 30)) (9 . (17 30)) (9 . (17 30)) (9 . (14 30)) nil])

(defun wt-dow-update-start-end nil
  (let ((beg-end (aref *work-day-dow-table* (nth 6 (decode-time (current-time))))))
    (if beg-end (setq *work-time-start* (car beg-end) *work-time-end* (cdr beg-end))
      (setq *work-time-start* 0 *work-time-end* 0))))

(setq *work-time-statuslen* 16)

(defmacro def-extract-if-list (name fun &optional ret)
  `(defun ,name (val)
     (if (listp val) (,fun val)
       ,(if ret ret 'val))))

(def-extract-if-list wt-hour first)
(def-extract-if-list wt-minutes second 0)

(defun work-time-update nil
  (when *work-day-dow-table* (wt-dow-update-start-end))
  (let* ((now (current-time))
	 (today (let ((dcd-now (decode-time now)))
		  `(,(nth 3 dcd-now) ,(nth 4 dcd-now) ,(nth 5 dcd-now))))
	 (start-time (apply #'encode-time (append (list 0 (wt-minutes *work-time-start*) (wt-hour *work-time-start*)) today)))
	 (end-time (apply #'encode-time (append (list 0 (wt-minutes *work-time-end*) (wt-hour *work-time-end*)) today))))
    (labels ((status-string-format (perc)
				   (cond ((< perc 0) ":(")
					 ((> perc 1) ":))")
					 (t (let* ((filled (round (* perc *work-time-statuslen*)))
						   (empty (- *work-time-statuslen* filled)))
					      (concat "[ (make-string filled ?#) (make-string empty ?\ ) ]")))))
	     (elapsed-percentage (from to now) (/ (float (- now from))(- to from)))
	     (total-sec (time) (+ (* 65536 (car time)) (cadr time))))
      (setq wt-status-string
	    (status-string-format
	     (elapsed-percentage (total-sec start-time) (total-sec end-time) (total-sec now)))))))

(push #'work-time-update display-time-hook)

;

(defun wt-status-displayed nil
  (member 'wt-status-string global-mode-string))

(defun wt-add-status nil
  (setq global-mode-string (append global-mode-string '(wt-status-string))))

(defun wt-remove-status nil
  (setq global-mode-string (remove 'wt-status-string global-mode-string)))

(defun work-time-status-toggle nil
  (interactive)
  (funcall (if (wt-status-displayed) #'wt-remove-status #'wt-add-status)))

;

(setq wt-status-string (work-time-update))

original Aug 30 4:20am