PowerShell/Docs/check-santa.md

check-santa.ps1

This PowerShell script checks the time until Saint Nicholas Day and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).

Parameters

PS> ./check-santa.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./check-santa

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Checks the time until Saint Nicholas Day
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script checks the time until Saint Nicholas Day and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./check-santa
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

try {
	$Now = [DateTime]::Now
	$Diff = [Datetime]("12/06/" + $Now.Year) – $Now

	& "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "Saint Nicholas Day is in $($Diff.Days) days."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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