From 6962f268e8b908ab320dd101d19ac7e0366234d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval <baltakatei@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 18:17:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] feat(unitproc):datetimeShort:Use 1st argument as input
 date

---
 unitproc/bktemp-dateTimeShort | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/unitproc/bktemp-dateTimeShort b/unitproc/bktemp-dateTimeShort
index c413024..b469d32 100644
--- a/unitproc/bktemp-dateTimeShort
+++ b/unitproc/bktemp-dateTimeShort
@@ -2,19 +2,46 @@
 
 # Desc: Template to display date and time.
 
+yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; }      #o Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique
+die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; }     #o Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
+try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } #o
 dateTimeShort(){
     # Desc: Timestamp without separators (YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzzz)
-    # Usage: dateTimeShort
-    # Version 1.0.0
+    # Usage: dateTimeShort ([str date])
+    # Version 1.1.0
+    # Input: arg1: 'date'-parsable timestamp string (optional)
     # Output: stdout: timestamp (ISO-8601, no separators)
+    # Depends: yell
     local TIME_CURRENT TIME_CURRENT_SHORT
+
+    argTime="$1";
+    # Get Current Time
     TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
-    TIME_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)"; # Produce separator-less current timestamp with resolution 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";
+    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";
+	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
 
 #==BEGIN sample code==
-echo "The current day and time is:$(dateTimeShort)"
+echo "The current day and time is :$(dateTimeShort)";
+echo "Contact lost with STS-107 on:$(dateTimeShort "2003-02-01T08:59:15-05:00")";
+echo "Bitcoin started on          :$(dateTimeShort "@1231006505")";
+
 #==END sample code==
 
 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
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