PowerShell/docs/check-dusk.md
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The *check-dusk.ps1* Script
===========================
check-dusk.ps1
Parameters
----------
```powershell
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```
Script Content
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```powershell
<#
.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
}
```
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