dateTimeShort(){
# Desc: Timestamp without separators (YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzzz)
# Usage: dateTimeShort ([str date])
- # Version 1.1.0
+ # Version 1.1.1
# Input: arg1: 'date'-parsable timestamp string (optional)
# Output: stdout: timestamp (ISO-8601, no separators)
# Depends: yell
- local TIME_CURRENT TIME_CURRENT_SHORT
+ local argTime timeCurrent timeInput timeCurrentShort
argTime="$1";
# Get Current Time
- TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+ timeCurrent="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
# Decide to parse current or supplied date
## Check if time argument empty
if [[ -z "$argTime" ]]; then
## T: Time argument empty, use current time
- TIME_INPUT="$TIME_CURRENT";
+ timeInput="$timeCurrent";
else
## F: Time argument exists, validate time
if date --date="$argTime" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
### T: Time argument is valid; use it
- TIME_INPUT="$argTime";
+ timeInput="$argTime";
else
### F: Time argument not valid; exit
yell "ERROR:Invalid time argument supplied. Exiting."; exit 1;
fi
fi
# Construct and deliver separator-les date string
- TIME_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_INPUT" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)";
- echo "$TIME_CURRENT_SHORT";
-} # Get date&time without separators
+ timeCurrentShort="$(date -d "$timeInput" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)";
+ echo "$timeCurrentShort";
+} # Get YYYYmmddTHHMMSS±zzzz
#==BEGIN sample code==
echo "The current day and time is :$(dateTimeShort)";
echo "Contact lost with STS-107 on:$(dateTimeShort "2003-02-01T08:59:15-05:00")";
echo "Bitcoin started on :$(dateTimeShort "@1231006505")";
-
+testDate="2020-07-07T02:30:11,690097074+00:00";
+echo "This string was generated using 'date --iso-8601=ns':$testDate";
+echo "Using dateTimeShort, it appears as:$(dateTimeShort "$testDate")";
#==END sample code==
# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval