<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the time of dusk .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script queries the time of dusk and answers by text-to-speech (TTS). .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-dusk.ps1 Dusk is in 2 hours at 8 PM. .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> function TimeSpanToString { param([TimeSpan]$Delta) $Result = "" if ($Delta.Hours -eq 1) { $Result += "1 hour and " } elseif ($Delta.Hours -gt 1) { $Result += "$($Delta.Hours) hours and " } if ($Delta.Minutes -eq 1) { $Result += "1 minute" } else { $Result += "$($Delta.Minutes) minutes" } return $Result } try { [system.threading.thread]::currentThread.currentCulture=[system.globalization.cultureInfo]"en-US" $String = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/?format="%d" -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content $Hour,$Minute,$Second = $String -split ':' $Dusk = Get-Date -Hour $Hour -Minute $Minute -Second $Second $Now = [DateTime]::Now if ($Now -lt $Dusk) { $TimeSpan = TimeSpanToString($Dusk - $Now) $Reply = "Dusk is in $TimeSpan at $($Dusk.ToShortTimeString())." } else { $TimeSpan = TimeSpanToString($Now - $Dusk) $Reply = "Dusk was $TimeSpan ago at $($Dusk.ToShortTimeString())." } Write-Output $Reply exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }