2 # Desc: Get timestamp in nanoseconds
4 yell
() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } #o Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique
5 die
() { yell
"$*"; exit 111; } #o Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
6 try
() { "$@" || die
"cannot $*"; } #o
8 # Desc: Get epoch nanoseconds
11 # Input: arg1: 'date'-parsable timestamp string (optional)
12 # Output: Nanoseconds since 1970-01-01
13 # Depends: date 8, cut 8, yell()
14 # Ref/Attrib: Force base 10 Bash arith with '10#'. https://stackoverflow.com/a/24777667
15 local argTime timeCurrent timeInput timeEpochFloat timeEpochInt
16 local timeEpochNsFrac timeEpochNs
21 timeCurrent
="$(date --iso-8601=ns)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 nanosecond.
23 # Decide to parse current or supplied time
24 ## Check if time argument empty
25 if [[ -z "$argTime" ]]; then
26 ## T: Time argument empty, use current time
27 timeInput
="$timeCurrent";
29 ## F: Time argument exists, validate time
30 if date --date="$argTime" 1>/dev
/null
2>&1; then
31 ### T: Time argument is valid; use it
34 ### F: Time argument not valid; exit
35 yell
"ERROR:Invalid time argument supplied. Exiting."; exit 1;
38 # Construct and deliver nanoseconds since 1970-01-01
39 timeEpochFloat
="$(date --date="$timeInput" +%s.%N)"; # Save ssss.NNNNNNNNN
40 timeEpochInt
="$(echo "$timeEpochFloat" | cut -d. -f1)"; # Get ssss
41 timeEpochNsFrac
="$(echo "$timeEpochFloat" | cut -d. -f2)"; # Get NNNNNNNNN
42 timeEpochNs
="$(( (10#"$timeEpochInt" * 10**9) + (10#"$timeEpochNsFrac") ))";
44 } # Nanoseconds since 1970-01-01
46 #==BEGIN sample code==
47 echo "It's been $(timeEpochNS) nanoseconds since 1970-01-01.";
48 echo "It's been $(timeEpochNS "10 years ago
") nanoseconds since 10 years ago.";
49 echo "It's been $(timeEpochNS "2003-02-01T08:59:15-05:00") nanoseconds since contact lost with STS-107.";
52 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval