dateDuration() {
# Desc: Given two date strings, output seconds duration
# Example: dateDuration 2012-06-30 2012-07-01 # Yields 86401 because leap second
- # Version 0.0.1
+ # Version 0.0.4
# Depends: GNU Coreutils 9.4 (date, sed), GNU Bash 5.2.21
- # References: [1] “"right" tz database (zoneinfo) files and GPS-based NTP” https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/right+gps.html
+ # References: [1] “Understanding the "right" time zone database” https://kenta.blogspot.com/2016/03/sqfzcxay-understanding-right-time-zone.html
+ local date1 date2 re unixEpoch1 unixEpoch2 duration;
+
+ path_tz="/usr/share/zoneinfo/right/UTC";
+ if [[ ! -f "$path_tz" ]]; then yell "WARNING:Time zone 'right/UTC' file not found at ${path_tz}. Try 'sudo apt install tzdata-legacy'."; fi;
+ if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then die "FATAL:Need two date arguments. Got $#"; fi;
date1="$1";
date2="$2";
# Check args
if [[ -z "$date1" ]]; then die "FATAL:Invalid first date provided:${date1}"; fi;
if [[ -z "$date2" ]]; then die "FATAL:Invalid second date provided:${date2}"; fi;
- if [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then die "FATAL:Too many arguments."; fi;
+
## Convert @-specified unix epoch into right unix epoch (rue)
- re='@.*';
+ re='^@.*';
if [[ "$date1" =~ $re ]] || [[ "$date2" =~ $re ]]; then
die "FATAL:@-specified unix epoch detected. Why are you using me?";
fi;
- # Use right unix epoch to account for leap seconds.
- export TZ=right/UTC; # See [1]
-
- # Convert date strings into Unix epoch
- unixEpoch1="$(must date --date="$date1" +%s)";
- unixEpoch2="$(must date --date="$date2" +%s)";
+ # Convert date strings into Unix epoch. # See [1]
+ unixEpoch1="$(TZ=right/UTC date --date="$date1" +%s)" || die "Problem with $(declare -p date1)";
+ unixEpoch2="$(TZ=right/UTC date --date="$date2" +%s)" || die "Problem with $(declare -p date2)";
# Calculate duration
duration="$((unixEpoch2 - unixEpoch1))";
- duration="$(sed -e 's/^-//' <<<"$duration"; )";
+ duration=${duration#-};
printf "%s\n" "$duration";
};
# Examples
dateDuration 2026-06-30 2026-07-01; # 86400 seconds
dateDuration 2012-06-30 2012-07-01; # 86401 seconds (leap second)
+dateDuration 2000-01-01 1999-12-31; # 86400 seconds
+dateDuration 2012-06-30T23:59:59+00 2012-06-30T23:59:60; # 1 (leap second)