#!/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=see_Makefile
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 2027) this script avoids some POSIX features and common
# extensions, such as $(...), $((...)), ! CMD, unquoted ^, ${#ID},
# ${ID##PAT}, ${ID%%PAT}, and $10. Although some of these constructs
# work sometimes, it's simpler to avoid them entirely.
#
# This script also uses several features of POSIX awk.
# If your host lacks awk, or has an old awk that does not conform to POSIX,
# you can use any of the following free programs instead:
#
# Gawk (GNU awk)
# mawk
# nawk
#
# Because 'awk "VAR=VALUE" ...' and 'awk -v "VAR=VALUE" ...' are not portable
# if VALUE contains \, ", or newline, awk scripts in this file use:
# awk 'BEGIN { VAR = substr(ARGV[1], 2); ARGV[1] = "" } ...' ="VALUE"
# The substr avoids problems when VALUE is of the form X=Y and would be
# misinterpreted as an assignment.
# This script does not want path expansion.
set -f
# Specify default values for environment variables if they are unset.
: ${AWK=awk}
: ${PWD=`pwd`}
: ${TZDIR=$PWD}
# 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 >&0 2>&0
[ $? = 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 2>&0
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 $select_result in
"") echo >&2 "Please enter a number in range.";;
?*) break
esac
done || exit
}
'
else
doselect() {
# Field width of the prompt numbers.
print_nargs_length="BEGIN {print length(\"$#\");}"
select_width=`$AWK "$print_nargs_length"`
select_i=
while :
do
case $select_i in
'')
select_i=0
for select_word
do
select_i=`$AWK "BEGIN { print $select_i + 1 }"`
printf >&2 "%${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 $#; then
shift `$AWK "BEGIN { print $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 '$0 --help'"; exit 1
esac
done
shift `$AWK "BEGIN { print $OPTIND - 1 }"`
case $# in
0) ;;
*) say >&2 "$0: $1: unknown argument"; exit 1
esac
# translit=true to try transliteration.
# This is false if U+12345 CUNEIFORM SIGN URU TIMES KI has length 1
# which means awk (and presumably the shell) do not need transliteration.
if $AWK 'BEGIN { u12345 = "\360\222\215\205"; exit length(u12345) == 1 }'; then
translit=true
else
translit=false
fi
# Read into shell variable $1 the contents of file $2.
# Convert to the current locale's encoding if possible,
# as the shell aligns columns better that way.
# If GNU iconv's //TRANSLIT does not work, fall back on POSIXish iconv;
# if that does not work, fall back on 'cat'.
read_file() {
{ $translit && {
eval "$1=\`(iconv -f UTF-8 -t //TRANSLIT) 2>/dev/null <\"\$2\"\`" ||
eval "$1=\`(iconv -f UTF-8) 2>/dev/null <\"\$2\"\`"
}; } ||
eval "$1=\`cat <\"\$2\"\`" || {
say >&2 "$0: time zone files are not set up correctly"
exit 1
}
}
read_file TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE "$TZDIR/iso3166.tab"
read_file TZ_ZONETABTYPE_TABLE "$TZDIR/$zonetabtype.tab"
TZ_ZONENOW_TABLE=
newline='
'
IFS=$newline
# Awk script to output a country list.
output_country_list='
BEGIN {
continent_re = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
TZ_ZONE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[3], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ARGV[3] = ""
FS = "\t"
nlines = split(TZ_ZONE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (iline = 1; iline <= nlines; iline++) {
$0 = line[iline]
commentary = $0 ~ /^#@/
if (commentary) {
if ($0 !~ /^#@/)
continue
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
}
}
nlines = split(TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 !~ /^#/)
cc_name[$1] = $2
}
for (i = 1; i <= ccs; i++) {
country = cc_list[i]
if (cc_elsewhere[country])
continue
if (cc_name[country])
country = cc_name[country]
print country
}
}
'
# Awk script to process a time zone table and output the same table,
# with each row preceded by its distance from 'here'.
# If output_times is set, each row is instead preceded by its local time
# and any apostrophes are escaped for the shell.
output_distances_or_times='
BEGIN {
coord = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
TZ_ZONE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[3], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ARGV[3] = ""
FS = "\t"
if (!output_times) {
nlines = split(TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 ~ /^#/)
continue
country[$1] = $2
}
country["US"] = "US" # Otherwise the strings get too long.
}
}
function abs(x) {
return x < 0 ? -x : x;
}
function min(x, y) {
return x < y ? x : y;
}
function convert_coord(coord, deg, minute, ilen, sign, sec) {
if (coord ~ /^[-+]?[0-9]?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)/) {
degminsec = coord
intdeg = degminsec < 0 ? -int(-degminsec / 10000) : int(degminsec / 10000)
minsec = degminsec - intdeg * 10000
intmin = minsec < 0 ? -int(-minsec / 100) : int(minsec / 100)
sec = minsec - intmin * 100
deg = (intdeg * 3600 + intmin * 60 + sec) / 3600
} else if (coord ~ /^[-+]?[0-9]?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)/) {
degmin = coord
intdeg = degmin < 0 ? -int(-degmin / 100) : int(degmin / 100)
minute = degmin - intdeg * 100
deg = (intdeg * 60 + minute) / 60
} else
deg = coord
return deg * 0.017453292519943296
}
function convert_latitude(coord) {
match(coord, /..*[-+]/)
return convert_coord(substr(coord, 1, RLENGTH - 1))
}
function convert_longitude(coord) {
match(coord, /..*[-+]/)
return convert_coord(substr(coord, RLENGTH))
}
# Great-circle distance between points with given latitude and longitude.
# Inputs and output are in radians. This uses the great-circle special
# case of the Vicenty formula for distances on ellipsoids.
function gcdist(lat1, long1, lat2, long2, dlong, x, y, num, denom) {
dlong = long2 - long1
x = cos(lat2) * sin(dlong)
y = cos(lat1) * sin(lat2) - sin(lat1) * cos(lat2) * cos(dlong)
num = sqrt(x * x + y * y)
denom = sin(lat1) * sin(lat2) + cos(lat1) * cos(lat2) * cos(dlong)
return atan2(num, denom)
}
# Parallel distance between points with given latitude and longitude.
# This is the product of the longitude difference and the cosine
# of the latitude of the point that is further from the equator.
# I.e., it considers longitudes to be further apart if they are
# nearer the equator.
function pardist(lat1, long1, lat2, long2) {
return abs(long1 - long2) * min(cos(lat1), cos(lat2))
}
# The distance function is the sum of the great-circle distance and
# the parallel distance. It could be weighted.
function dist(lat1, long1, lat2, long2) {
return gcdist(lat1, long1, lat2, long2) + pardist(lat1, long1, lat2, long2)
}
BEGIN {
coord_lat = convert_latitude(coord)
coord_long = convert_longitude(coord)
nlines = split(TZ_ZONE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (h = 1; h <= nlines; h++) {
$0 = line[h]
if ($0 ~ /^#/)
continue
inline[inlines++] = $0
ncc = split($1, cc, /,/)
for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++)
cc_used[cc[i]]++
}
for (h = 0; h < inlines; h++) {
$0 = inline[h]
outline = $1 "\t" $2 "\t" $3
sep = "\t"
ncc = split($1, cc, /,/)
split("", item_seen)
item_seen[""] = 1
for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++) {
item = cc_used[cc[i]] <= 1 ? country[cc[i]] : $4
if (item_seen[item]++)
continue
outline = outline sep item
sep = "; "
}
if (output_times) {
fmt = "TZ='\''%s'\'' date +'\''%d %%Y %%m %%d %%H:%%M %%a %%b\t%s'\''\n"
gsub(/'\''/, "&\\\\&&", outline)
printf fmt, $3, h, outline
} else {
here_lat = convert_latitude($2)
here_long = convert_longitude($2)
printf "%g\t%s\n", dist(coord_lat, coord_long, here_lat, here_long), \
outline
}
}
}
'
# Begin the main loop. We come back here if the user wants to retry.
while
echo >&2 'Please identify a location' \
'so that time zone rules can be set correctly.'
continent=
country=
country_result=
region=
time=
TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZ_ZONETABTYPE_TABLE
case $coord in
?*)
continent=coord;;
'')
# Ask the user for continent or ocean.
echo >&2 \
'Please select a continent, ocean, "coord", "TZ", "time", or "now".'
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 {
TZ_ZONETABTYPE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
ARGV[1] = ""
FS = "\t"
nlines = split(TZ_ZONETABTYPE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 ~ /^[^#]/)
handle_entry($3)
else if ($0 ~ /^#@/) {
ncont = split($2, cont, /,/)
for (ci = 1; ci <= ncont; ci++)
handle_entry(cont[ci])
}
}
}
' ="$TZ_ZONETABTYPE_TABLE" |
sort -u |
tr '\n' ' '
echo ''
`
eval '
doselect '"$quoted_continents"' \
"coord - I want to use geographical coordinates." \
"TZ - I want to specify the timezone using a POSIX.1-2017 TZ string." \
"time - I know local time already." \
"now - Like \"time\", but configure only for timestamps from now on."
continent=$select_result
case $continent in
Americas) continent=America;;
*)
# Get the first word of $continent. Path expansion is disabled
# so this works even with "*", which should not happen.
IFS=" "
for continent in $continent ""; do break; done
IFS=$newline;;
esac
case $zonetabtype,$continent in
zonenow,*) ;;
*,now)
${TZ_ZONENOW_TABLE:+:} read_file TZ_ZONENOW_TABLE "$TZDIR/zonenow.tab"
TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZ_ZONENOW_TABLE
esac
'
esac
case $continent in
TZ)
# Ask the user for a POSIX.1-2017 TZ string. Check that it conforms.
check_POSIX_TZ_string='
BEGIN {
tz = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
ARGV[1] = ""
tzname = ("(<[[:alnum:]+-][[:alnum:]+-][[:alnum:]+-]+>" \
"|[[:alpha:]][[:alpha:]][[:alpha:]]+)")
time = ("(2[0-4]|[0-1]?[0-9])" \
"(:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?")
offset = "[-+]?" time
mdate = "M([1-9]|1[0-2])\\.[1-5]\\.[0-6]"
jdate = ("((J[1-9]|[0-9]|J?[1-9][0-9]" \
"|J?[1-2][0-9][0-9])|J?3[0-5][0-9]|J?36[0-5])")
datetime = ",(" mdate "|" jdate ")(/" time ")?"
tzpattern = ("^(:.*|" tzname offset "(" tzname \
"(" offset ")?(" datetime datetime ")?)?)$")
exit tz ~ tzpattern
}
'
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
$AWK "$check_POSIX_TZ_string" ="$tz"
do
say >&2 "'$tz' is not a conforming POSIX.1-2017 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=`
$AWK \
"$output_distances_or_times" \
="$coord" ="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" ="$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" |
sort -n |
$AWK "{print} NR == $location_limit { exit }"
`
regions=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
distance_table = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
ARGV[1] = ""
nlines = split(distance_table, line, /\n/)
for (nr = 1; nr <= nlines; nr++) {
nf = split(line[nr], f, /\t/)
print f[nf]
}
}
' ="$distance_table"
`
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=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
distance_table = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
region = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ""
nlines = split(distance_table, line, /\n/)
for (nr = 1; nr <= nlines; nr++) {
nf = split(line[nr], f, /\t/)
if (f[nf] == region)
print f[4]
}
}
' ="$distance_table" ="$region"
`;;
*)
case $continent in
now|time)
minute_format='%a %b %d %H:%M'
old_minute=`TZ=UTC0 date +"$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 $new_minute."
echo >&2 "Assuming that's correct, what is the local time?"
sorted_table=`say "$time_table" | sort -k2n -k2,5 -k1n` || {
say >&2 "$0: cannot sort time table"
exit 1
}
eval doselect `
$AWK '
BEGIN {
sorted_table = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
ARGV[1] = ""
nlines = split(sorted_table, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
outline = $6 " " $7 " " $4 " " $5
if (outline == oldline)
continue
oldline = outline
gsub(/'\''/, "&\\\\&&", outline)
printf "'\''%s'\''\n", outline
}
}
' ="$sorted_table"
`
time=$select_result
continent_re='^'
zone_table=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
time = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
time_table = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ""
nlines = split(time_table, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($6 " " $7 " " $4 " " $5 == time) {
sub(/[^\t]*\t/, "")
print
}
}
}
' ="$time" ="$time_table"
`
countries=`
$AWK \
"$output_country_list" \
="$continent_re" ="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" ="$zone_table" |
sort -f
`
;;
*)
continent_re="^$continent/"
zone_table=$TZ_ZONE_TABLE
esac
# Get list of names of countries in the continent or ocean.
countries=`
$AWK \
"$output_country_list" \
="$continent_re" ="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" ="$zone_table" |
sort -f
`
# If all zone table entries have comments, and there are
# at most 22 entries, asked based on those comments.
# This fits the prompt onto old-fashioned 24-line screens.
regions=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
TZ_ZONE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
ARGV[1] = ""
FS = "\t"
nlines = split(TZ_ZONE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 ~ /^[^#]/ && !missing_comment) {
if ($4)
comment[++inlines] = $4
else
missing_comment = 1
}
}
if (!missing_comment && inlines <= 22)
for (i = 1; i <= inlines; i++)
print comment[i]
}
' ="$zone_table"
`
# 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=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
country = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
TZ_ZONE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[3], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ARGV[3] = ""
FS = "\t"
cc = country
nlines = split(TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 !~ /^#/ && country == $2) {
cc = $1
break
}
}
nlines = split(TZ_ZONE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 ~ /^#/)
continue
if ($1 ~ cc)
print $4
}
}
' ="$country" ="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" ="$zone_table"
`
# If there's more than one region, ask the user which one.
case $regions in
*"$newline"*)
echo >&2 'Please select one of the following timezones.'
doselect $regions
region=$select_result
esac
# Determine tz from country and region.
tz=`
$AWK '
BEGIN {
country = substr(ARGV[1], 2)
region = substr(ARGV[2], 2)
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE = substr(ARGV[3], 2)
TZ_ZONE_TABLE = substr(ARGV[4], 2)
ARGV[1] = ARGV[2] = ARGV[3] = ARGV[4] = ""
FS = "\t"
cc = country
nlines = split(TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 !~ /^#/ && country == $2) {
cc = $1
break
}
}
nlines = split(TZ_ZONE_TABLE, line, /\n/)
for (i = 1; i <= nlines; i++) {
$0 = line[i]
if ($0 ~ /^#/)
continue
if ($1 ~ cc && ($4 == region || !region))
print $3
}
}
' ="$country" ="$region" ="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" ="$zone_table"
`
esac
# Make sure the corresponding zoneinfo file exists.
TZ_for_date=$TZDIR/$tz
<"$TZ_for_date" || {
say >&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`
if $AWK '
function getsecs(d) {
return match(d, /.*:[0-5][0-9]/) ? substr(d, RLENGTH - 1, 2) : ""
}
BEGIN { exit getsecs(ARGV[1]) != getsecs(ARGV[2]) }
' ="$TZdate" ="$UTdate"
then
extra_info="
Selected time is now: $TZdate.
Universal Time is now: $UTdate."
break
fi
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"