#!/bin/bash # Input longitude in degrees (positive for East, negative for West) longitude_deg=$1 # Determine if it's East or West longitude if [ $longitude_deg -ge 0 ]; then direction="East" else direction="West" fi # Calculate the time offset in minutes offset_minutes=$((longitude_deg * 4)) # Determine if it's ahead or behind UTC if [ "$direction" == "West" ]; then offset_minutes=$((offset_minutes * -1)) fi # Get the current UTC time in hours, minutes, and seconds current_utc_time=$(date -u +%H:%M:%S) # Convert the UTC time to seconds since midnight current_utc_seconds=$(date -u -d "$current_utc_time" +%s) # Calculate the solar noon time in UTC (12:00 PM) solar_noon_utc_seconds=$((12 * 3600)) # Adjust the solar noon time by the offset in seconds local_solar_noon_seconds=$((solar_noon_utc_seconds + offset_minutes * 60)) # Convert the local solar noon time to hours, minutes, and seconds local_solar_noon_time=$(date -u -d "@$local_solar_noon_seconds" +%H:%M:%S) # Add 8 hours and 12 minutes to the local solar noon time new_time_seconds=$((local_solar_noon_seconds + 8*3600 + 12*60)) new_time=$(date -u -d "@$new_time_seconds" +%H:%M:%S) echo "Longitude: $longitude_deg degrees $direction" echo "Time Offset: $offset_minutes minutes" echo "Local Solar Noon (midday) Time: $local_solar_noon_time" echo "Local Solar Noon + 8h 12mn: $new_time"