#!/bin/bash
# Ask the user about the time zone, and output the resulting TZ value to stdout.
# Interact with the user via stderr and stdin.
PKGVERSION='(tzcode) '
TZVERSION=2023c
REPORT_BUGS_TO=tz@iana.org
# Contributed by Paul Eggert. This file is in the public domain.
# Porting notes:
#
# This script requires a Posix-like shell and prefers the extension of a
# 'select' statement. The 'select' statement was introduced in the
# Korn shell and is available in Bash and other shell implementations.
# If your host lacks both Bash and the Korn shell, you can get their
# source from one of these locations:
#
# Bash
# Korn Shell
# MirBSD Korn Shell
#
# For portability to Solaris 10 /bin/sh (supported by Oracle through
# January 2024) this script avoids some POSIX features and common
# extensions, such as $(...) (which works sometimes but not others),
# $((...)), ! CMD, ${#ID}, ${ID##PAT}, ${ID%%PAT}, and $10.
#
# This script also uses several features of modern awk programs.
# If your host lacks awk, or has an old awk that does not conform to Posix,
# you can use either of the following free programs instead:
#
# Gawk (GNU awk)
# mawk
# nawk
# Specify default values for environment variables if they are unset.
: ${AWK='awk'}
: ${TZDIR=./share/zoneinfo}
# Output one argument as-is to standard output, with trailing newline.
# Safer than 'echo', which can mishandle '\' or leading '-'.
say() {
printf '%s\n' "$1"
}
# Check for awk Posix compliance.
($AWK -v x=y 'BEGIN { exit 123 }') /dev/null 2>&1
[ $? = 123 ] || {
say >&2 "$0: Sorry, your '$AWK' program is not Posix compatible."
exit 1
}
coord=
location_limit=10
zonetabtype=zone1970
usage="Usage: tzselect [--version] [--help] [-c COORD] [-n LIMIT]
Select a timezone interactively.
Options:
-c COORD
Instead of asking for continent and then country and then city,
ask for selection from time zones whose largest cities
are closest to the location with geographical coordinates COORD.
COORD should use ISO 6709 notation, for example, '-c +4852+00220'
for Paris (in degrees and minutes, North and East), or
'-c -35-058' for Buenos Aires (in degrees, South and West).
-n LIMIT
Display at most LIMIT locations when -c is used (default $location_limit).
--version
Output version information.
--help
Output this help.
Report bugs to $REPORT_BUGS_TO."
# Ask the user to select from the function's arguments,
# and assign the selected argument to the variable 'select_result'.
# Exit on EOF or I/O error. Use the shell's nicer 'select' builtin if
# available, falling back on a portable substitute otherwise.
if
case $BASH_VERSION in
?*) : ;;
'')
# '; exit' should be redundant, but Dash doesn't properly fail without it.
(eval 'set --; select x; do break; done; exit') /dev/null
esac
then
# Do this inside 'eval', as otherwise the shell might exit when parsing it
# even though it is never executed.
eval '
doselect() {
select select_result
do
case $select_result in
"") echo >&2 "Please enter a number in range." ;;
?*) break
esac
done || exit
}
'
else
doselect() {
# Field width of the prompt numbers.
select_width=`expr $# : '.*'`
select_i=
while :
do
case $select_i in
'')
select_i=0
for select_word
do
select_i=`expr $select_i + 1`
printf >&2 "%${select_width}d) %s\\n" $select_i "$select_word"
done ;;
*[!0-9]*)
echo >&2 'Please enter a number in range.' ;;
*)
if test 1 -le $select_i && test $select_i -le $#; then
shift `expr $select_i - 1`
select_result=$1
break
fi
echo >&2 'Please enter a number in range.'
esac
# Prompt and read input.
printf >&2 %s "${PS3-#? }"
read select_i || exit
done
}
fi
while getopts c:n:t:-: opt
do
case $opt$OPTARG in
c*)
coord=$OPTARG ;;
n*)
location_limit=$OPTARG ;;
t*) # Undocumented option, used for developer testing.
zonetabtype=$OPTARG ;;
-help)
exec echo "$usage" ;;
-version)
exec echo "tzselect $PKGVERSION$TZVERSION" ;;
-*)
say >&2 "$0: -$opt$OPTARG: unknown option; try '$0 --help'"; exit 1 ;;
*)
say >&2 "$0: try '$0 --help'"; exit 1 ;;
esac
done
shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
case $# in
0) ;;
*) say >&2 "$0: $1: unknown argument"; exit 1 ;;
esac
# Make sure the tables are readable.
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE=$TZDIR/iso3166.tab
TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZDIR/$zonetabtype.tab
for f in $TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE $TZ_ZONE_TABLE
do
<"$f" || {
say >&2 "$0: time zone files are not set up correctly"
exit 1
}
done
# If the current locale does not support UTF-8, convert data to current
# locale's format if possible, as the shell aligns columns better that way.
# Check the UTF-8 of U+12345 CUNEIFORM SIGN URU TIMES KI.
$AWK 'BEGIN { u12345 = "\360\222\215\205"; exit length(u12345) != 1 }' || {
{ tmp=`(mktemp -d) 2>/dev/null` || {
tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/tzselect.$$ &&
(umask 77 && mkdir -- "$tmp")
};} &&
trap 'status=$?; rm -fr -- "$tmp"; exit $status' 0 HUP INT PIPE TERM &&
(iconv -f UTF-8 -t //TRANSLIT <"$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" >$tmp/iso3166.tab) \
2>/dev/null &&
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE=$tmp/iso3166.tab &&
iconv -f UTF-8 -t //TRANSLIT <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" >$tmp/$zonetabtype.tab &&
TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$tmp/$zonetabtype.tab
}
newline='
'
IFS=$newline
# Awk script to output a country list.
output_country_list='
BEGIN { FS = "\t" }
/^#$/ { next }
/^#[^@]/ { next }
{
commentary = $0 ~ /^#@/
if (commentary) {
col1ccs = substr($1, 3)
conts = $2
} else {
col1ccs = $1
conts = $3
}
ncc = split(col1ccs, cc, /,/)
ncont = split(conts, cont, /,/)
for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++) {
elsewhere = commentary
for (ci = 1; ci <= ncont; ci++) {
if (cont[ci] ~ continent_re) {
if (!cc_seen[cc[i]]++) cc_list[++ccs] = cc[i]
elsewhere = 0
}
}
if (elsewhere) {
for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++) {
cc_elsewhere[cc[i]] = 1
}
}
}
}
END {
while (getline &2 'Please identify a location' \
'so that time zone rules can be set correctly.'
continent=
country=
region=
case $coord in
?*)
continent=coord;;
'')
# Ask the user for continent or ocean.
echo >&2 'Please select a continent, ocean, "coord", "TZ", or "time".'
quoted_continents=`
$AWK '
function handle_entry(entry) {
entry = substr(entry, 1, index(entry, "/") - 1)
if (entry == "America")
entry = entry "s"
if (entry ~ /^(Arctic|Atlantic|Indian|Pacific)$/)
entry = entry " Ocean"
printf "'\''%s'\''\n", entry
}
BEGIN { FS = "\t" }
/^[^#]/ {
handle_entry($3)
}
/^#@/ {
ncont = split($2, cont, /,/)
for (ci = 1; ci <= ncont; ci++) {
handle_entry(cont[ci])
}
}
' <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" |
sort -u |
tr '\n' ' '
echo ''
`
eval '
doselect '"$quoted_continents"' \
"coord - I want to use geographical coordinates." \
"TZ - I want to specify the timezone using the Posix TZ format." \
"time - I know local time already."
continent=$select_result
case $continent in
Americas) continent=America;;
*" "*) continent=`expr "$continent" : '\''\([^ ]*\)'\''`
esac
'
esac
case $continent in
TZ)
# Ask the user for a Posix TZ string. Check that it conforms.
while
echo >&2 'Please enter the desired value' \
'of the TZ environment variable.'
echo >&2 'For example, AEST-10 is abbreviated' \
'AEST and is 10 hours'
echo >&2 'ahead (east) of Greenwich,' \
'with no daylight saving time.'
read TZ
$AWK -v TZ="$TZ" 'BEGIN {
tzname = "(<[[:alnum:]+-]{3,}>|[[:alpha:]]{3,})"
time = "(2[0-4]|[0-1]?[0-9])" \
"(:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?"
offset = "[-+]?" time
mdate = "M([1-9]|1[0-2])\\.[1-5]\\.[0-6]"
jdate = "((J[1-9]|[0-9]|J?[1-9][0-9]" \
"|J?[1-2][0-9][0-9])|J?3[0-5][0-9]|J?36[0-5])"
datetime = ",(" mdate "|" jdate ")(/" time ")?"
tzpattern = "^(:.*|" tzname offset "(" tzname \
"(" offset ")?(" datetime datetime ")?)?)$"
if (TZ ~ tzpattern) exit 1
exit 0
}'
do
say >&2 "'$TZ' is not a conforming Posix timezone string."
done
TZ_for_date=$TZ;;
*)
case $continent in
coord)
case $coord in
'')
echo >&2 'Please enter coordinates' \
'in ISO 6709 notation.'
echo >&2 'For example, +4042-07403 stands for'
echo >&2 '40 degrees 42 minutes north,' \
'74 degrees 3 minutes west.'
read coord;;
esac
distance_table=`$AWK \
-v coord="$coord" \
-v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \
"$output_distances_or_times" <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" |
sort -n |
sed "${location_limit}q"
`
regions=`$AWK \
-v distance_table="$distance_table" '
BEGIN {
nlines = split(distance_table, line, /\n/)
for (nr = 1; nr <= nlines; nr++) {
nf = split(line[nr], f, /\t/)
print f[nf]
}
}
'`
echo >&2 'Please select one of the following timezones,'
echo >&2 'listed roughly in increasing order' \
"of distance from $coord".
doselect $regions
region=$select_result
TZ=`$AWK \
-v distance_table="$distance_table" \
-v region="$region" '
BEGIN {
nlines = split(distance_table, line, /\n/)
for (nr = 1; nr <= nlines; nr++) {
nf = split(line[nr], f, /\t/)
if (f[nf] == region) {
print f[4]
}
}
}
'`
;;
*)
case $continent in
time)
minute_format='%a %b %d %H:%M'
old_minute=`TZ=UTC0 date +"$minute_format"`
for i in 1 2 3
do
time_table_command=`
$AWK -v output_times=1 \
"$output_distances_or_times" <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE"
`
time_table=`eval "$time_table_command"`
new_minute=`TZ=UTC0 date +"$minute_format"`
case $old_minute in
"$new_minute") break;;
esac
old_minute=$new_minute
done
echo >&2 "The system says Universal Time is $new_minute."
echo >&2 "Assuming that's correct, what is the local time?"
eval doselect `
say "$time_table" |
sort -k2n -k2,5 -k1n |
$AWK '{
line = $6 " " $7 " " $4 " " $5
if (line == oldline) next
oldline = line
gsub(/'\''/, "&\\\\&&", line)
printf "'\''%s'\''\n", line
}'
`
time=$select_result
zone_table=`
say "$time_table" |
$AWK -v time="$time" '{
if ($6 " " $7 " " $4 " " $5 == time) {
sub(/[^\t]*\t/, "")
print
}
}'
`
countries=`
say "$zone_table" |
$AWK \
-v continent_re='' \
-v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \
"$output_country_list" |
sort -f
`
;;
*)
zone_table=file
# Get list of names of countries in the continent or ocean.
countries=`$AWK \
-v continent_re="^$continent/" \
-v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \
"$output_country_list" \
<"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" | sort -f
`;;
esac
# If there's more than one country, ask the user which one.
case $countries in
*"$newline"*)
echo >&2 'Please select a country' \
'whose clocks agree with yours.'
doselect $countries
country_result=$select_result
country=$select_result;;
*)
country=$countries
esac
# Get list of timezones in the country.
regions=`
case $zone_table in
file) cat -- "$TZ_ZONE_TABLE";;
*) say "$zone_table";;
esac |
$AWK \
-v country="$country" \
-v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \
'
BEGIN {
FS = "\t"
cc = country
while (getline &2 'Please select one of the following timezones.'
doselect $regions
region=$select_result
esac
# Determine TZ from country and region.
TZ=`
case $zone_table in
file) cat -- "$TZ_ZONE_TABLE";;
*) say "$zone_table";;
esac |
$AWK \
-v country="$country" \
-v region="$region" \
-v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \
'
BEGIN {
FS = "\t"
cc = country
while (getline &2 "$0: time zone files are not set up correctly"
exit 1
}
esac
# Use the proposed TZ to output the current date relative to UTC.
# Loop until they agree in seconds.
# Give up after 8 unsuccessful tries.
extra_info=
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
do
TZdate=`LANG=C TZ="$TZ_for_date" date`
UTdate=`LANG=C TZ=UTC0 date`
TZsec=`expr "$TZdate" : '.*:\([0-5][0-9]\)'`
UTsec=`expr "$UTdate" : '.*:\([0-5][0-9]\)'`
case $TZsec in
$UTsec)
extra_info="
Selected time is now: $TZdate.
Universal Time is now: $UTdate."
break
esac
done
# Output TZ info and ask the user to confirm.
echo >&2 ""
echo >&2 "Based on the following information:"
echo >&2 ""
case $time%$country_result%$region%$coord in
?*%?*%?*%)
say >&2 " $time$newline $country_result$newline $region";;
?*%?*%%|?*%%?*%) say >&2 " $time$newline $country_result$region";;
?*%%%) say >&2 " $time";;
%?*%?*%) say >&2 " $country_result$newline $region";;
%?*%%) say >&2 " $country_result";;
%%?*%?*) say >&2 " coord $coord$newline $region";;
%%%?*) say >&2 " coord $coord";;
*) say >&2 " TZ='$TZ'"
esac
say >&2 ""
say >&2 "TZ='$TZ' will be used.$extra_info"
say >&2 "Is the above information OK?"
doselect Yes No
ok=$select_result
case $ok in
Yes) break
esac
do coord=
done
case $SHELL in
*csh) file=.login line="setenv TZ '$TZ'";;
*) file=.profile line="TZ='$TZ'; export TZ"
esac
test -t 1 && say >&2 "
You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
$line
to the file '$file' in your home directory; then log out and log in again.
Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you
can use the $0 command in shell scripts:"
say "$TZ"