feat(unitproc/bkt-replace_apos) Handle more replacement cases
[BK-2020-03.git] / unitproc / bkt-dateTimeShort
1 #!/bin/bash
2
3 # Desc: Template to display date and time.
4
5 yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } #o Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique
6 die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } #o Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
7 try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } #o
8 dateTimeShort(){
9 # Desc: Timestamp without separators (YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzzz)
10 # Usage: dateTimeShort ([str date])
11 # Version 1.1.1
12 # Input: arg1: 'date'-parsable timestamp string (optional)
13 # Output: stdout: timestamp (ISO-8601, no separators)
14 # Depends: yell
15 local argTime timeCurrent timeInput timeCurrentShort
16
17 argTime="$1";
18 # Get Current Time
19 timeCurrent="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
20 # Decide to parse current or supplied date
21 ## Check if time argument empty
22 if [[ -z "$argTime" ]]; then
23 ## T: Time argument empty, use current time
24 timeInput="$timeCurrent";
25 else
26 ## F: Time argument exists, validate time
27 if date --date="$argTime" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
28 ### T: Time argument is valid; use it
29 timeInput="$argTime";
30 else
31 ### F: Time argument not valid; exit
32 yell "ERROR:Invalid time argument supplied. Exiting."; exit 1;
33 fi
34 fi
35 # Construct and deliver separator-les date string
36 timeCurrentShort="$(date -d "$timeInput" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)";
37 echo "$timeCurrentShort";
38 } # Get YYYYmmddTHHMMSS±zzzz
39
40 #==BEGIN sample code==
41 echo "The current day and time is :$(dateTimeShort)";
42 echo "Contact lost with STS-107 on:$(dateTimeShort "2003-02-01T08:59:15-05:00")";
43 echo "Bitcoin started on :$(dateTimeShort "@1231006505")";
44 testDate="2020-07-07T02:30:11,690097074+00:00";
45 echo "This string was generated using 'date --iso-8601=ns':$testDate";
46 echo "Using dateTimeShort, it appears as:$(dateTimeShort "$testDate")";
47 #==END sample code==
48
49 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
50 # License: GPLv3+