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, die, try
19 local tzDir returnState
20 if ! [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
21 yell
"ERROR:Invalid argument count.";
25 # Read TZDIR env var if available
26 if printenv TZDIR
1>/dev
/null
2>&1; then
27 tzDir
="$(printenv TZDIR)";
29 tzDir
="/usr/share/zoneinfo";
33 if ! [[ -f "$tzDir"/"$ARG1" ]]; then
34 yell
"ERROR:Invalid time zone argument.";
37 # Export ARG1 as TZ environment variable
38 TZ
="$ARG1" && export TZ
&& returnState
="true";
41 # Determine function return code
42 if [ "$returnState" = "true" ]; then
45 } # Exports TZ environment variable
47 #==BEGIN sample code==
48 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
50 date --iso-8601=seconds
51 cmd1
="setTimeZoneEV America/New_York"
52 echo "Running:$cmd1"; $cmd1; echo "Exit code:$?"
53 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
55 date --iso-8601=seconds
56 cmd2
="setTimeZoneEV Asia/Tokyo"
57 echo "Running:$cmd2"; $cmd2; echo "Exit code:$?"
58 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
60 date --iso-8601=seconds
62 echo "Running:$cmd3"; $cmd3; echo "Exit code:$?"
63 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
65 date --iso-8601=seconds
66 cmd4
="setTimeZoneEV Pacific/Lemuria"
67 echo "Running:$cmd4"; $cmd4; echo "Exit code:$?"
68 date --iso-8601=seconds
; echo "==============="; sleep 2
71 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval