setTimeZoneEV(){
# Desc: Set time zone environment variable TZ
# Usage: setTimeZoneEV arg1
+ # Version 0.1.1
# Input: arg1: 'date'-compatible timezone string (ex: "America/New_York")
# TZDIR env var (optional; default: "/usr/share/zoneinfo")
# Output: exports TZ
# exit code 0 on success
# exit code 1 on incorrect number of arguments
# exit code 2 if unable to validate arg1
- # Depends: yell, die, try
- ARG1="$1"
- local tzDir returnState
+ # Depends: yell, printenv, bash 5
+ # Tested on: Debian 10
+ local tzDir returnState argTimeZone
+
+ argTimeZone="$1"
if ! [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
yell "ERROR:Invalid argument count.";
return 1;
fi
# Validate TZ string
- if ! [[ -f "$tzDir"/"$ARG1" ]]; then
+ if ! [[ -f "$tzDir"/"$argTimeZone" ]]; then
yell "ERROR:Invalid time zone argument.";
return 2;
else
# Export ARG1 as TZ environment variable
- TZ="$ARG1" && export TZ && returnState="true";
+ TZ="$argTimeZone" && export TZ && returnState="true";
fi
# Determine function return code
cmd4="setTimeZoneEV Pacific/Lemuria"
echo "Running:$cmd4"; $cmd4; echo "Exit code:$?"
date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+
+try setTimeZoneEV Atlantic/Atlantis
#==END sample code==
# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval