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3 # Desc: Set time zone environment variable TZ
5 yell
() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
6 die
() { yell
"$*"; exit 111; }
7 try
() { "$@" || die
"cannot $*"; }
9 # Desc: Set time zone environment variable TZ
10 # Usage: setTimeZoneEV arg1
11 # Input: arg1: 'date'-compatible timezone string (ex: "America/New_York")
12 # TZDIR env var (optional; default: "/usr/share/zoneinfo")
14 # exit code 0 on success
15 # exit code 1 on incorrect number of arguments
16 # exit code 2 if unable to validate arg1
17 # Depends: yell, printenv, bash 5
18 # Tested on: Debian 10
20 local tzDir returnState
21 if ! [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
22 yell
"ERROR:Invalid argument count.";
26 # Read TZDIR env var if available
27 if printenv TZDIR
1>/dev
/null
2>&1; then
28 tzDir
="$(printenv TZDIR)";
30 tzDir
="/usr/share/zoneinfo";
34 if ! [[ -f "$tzDir"/"$ARG1" ]]; then
35 yell
"ERROR:Invalid time zone argument.";
38 # Export ARG1 as TZ environment variable
39 TZ
="$ARG1" && export TZ
&& returnState
="true";
42 # Determine function return code
43 if [ "$returnState" = "true" ]; then
46 } # Exports TZ environment variable
48 #==BEGIN sample code==
49 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
51 date --iso-8601=seconds
52 cmd1
="setTimeZoneEV America/New_York"
53 echo "Running:$cmd1"; $cmd1; echo "Exit code:$?"
54 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
56 date --iso-8601=seconds
57 cmd2
="setTimeZoneEV Asia/Tokyo"
58 echo "Running:$cmd2"; $cmd2; echo "Exit code:$?"
59 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
61 date --iso-8601=seconds
63 echo "Running:$cmd3"; $cmd3; echo "Exit code:$?"
64 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
66 date --iso-8601=seconds
67 cmd4
="setTimeZoneEV Pacific/Lemuria"
68 echo "Running:$cmd4"; $cmd4; echo "Exit code:$?"
69 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
72 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval