check-noon.ps1
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Checks for Noon
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script checks the time until Noon and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./check-noon
.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 {
$Now = [DateTime]::Now
$Noon = Get-Date -Hour 12 -Minute 0 -Second 0
if ($Now -lt $Noon) {
$TimeSpan = TimeSpanToString($Noon - $Now)
$Reply = "Noon is in $TimeSpan."
} else {
$TimeSpan = TimeSpanToString($Now - $Noon)
$Reply = "Noon was $TimeSpan ago."
}
& "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "$Reply"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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