--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Desc: Set time zone environment variable TZ
+
+yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
+die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; }
+try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; }
+setTimeZoneEV(){
+ # Desc: Set time zone environment variable TZ
+ # Usage: setTimeZoneEV arg1
+ # 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
+ if ! [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
+ yell "ERROR:Invalid argument count.";
+ return 1;
+ fi
+
+ # Read TZDIR env var if available
+ if printenv TZDIR 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ tzDir="$(printenv TZDIR)";
+ else
+ tzDir="/usr/share/zoneinfo";
+ fi
+
+ # Validate TZ string
+ if ! [[ -f "$tzDir"/"$ARG1" ]]; then
+ yell "ERROR:Invalid time zone argument.";
+ return 2;
+ else
+ # Export ARG1 as TZ environment variable
+ TZ="$ARG1" && export TZ && returnState="true";
+ fi
+
+ # Determine function return code
+ if [ "$returnState" = "true" ]; then
+ return 0;
+ fi
+} # Exports TZ environment variable
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+
+date --iso-8601=seconds
+cmd1="setTimeZoneEV America/New_York"
+echo "Running:$cmd1"; $cmd1; echo "Exit code:$?"
+date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+
+date --iso-8601=seconds
+cmd2="setTimeZoneEV Asia/Tokyo"
+echo "Running:$cmd2"; $cmd2; echo "Exit code:$?"
+date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+
+date --iso-8601=seconds
+cmd3="setTimeZoneEV";
+echo "Running:$cmd3"; $cmd3; echo "Exit code:$?"
+date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+
+date --iso-8601=seconds
+cmd4="setTimeZoneEV Pacific/Lemuria"
+echo "Running:$cmd4"; $cmd4; echo "Exit code:$?"
+date --iso-8601=seconds; echo "==============="; sleep 2
+#==END sample code==
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+
+
+