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+#!/usr/bin/lua
+--[[
+ Utility to let you figure out if we should've daylight now.
+ Usage: ./suntime.lua [debug]
+ Exit code is either 0, we have daylight - or 1, no daylight.
+ Adjust lon, lat, tolerance for your location and the required
+ tolerance in seconds.
+]]
+
+-- input values
+lon,lat = "3.1234","51.1234"
+tolerance = 4800
+dateTable = os.date("*t")
+curEpoch = os.time(dateTable)
+year = dateTable["year"]
+month = dateTable["month"]
+day = dateTable["day"]
+
+function force_range(v, max)
+ if( v < 0 ) then
+ return (v + max)
+ elseif( v >= max) then
+ return (v - max)
+ end
+ return v
+end
+
+function daysInMonth(year, month)
+ month2days = {"31", "28", "31", "30", "31", "30", "31", "31", "30", "31", "30", "31"}
+
+ -- special case February http://www.henk-reints.nl/cal/gregcal.htm
+ if(month == 2) then
+ -- no century change and can be devided by 4
+ if(((year % 100) ~= 0) and ((year % 4) == 0)) then
+ month2days[2] = 29
+ -- change of a century and can be devided by 400
+ elseif(((year % 100) == 0) and ((year % 400) == 0)) then
+ month2days[2] = 29
+ end
+ end
+ return month2days[month]
+end
+
+--[[ Ported from https://pypi.org/project/suntime/
+ which is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19615350/calculate-sunrise-and-sunset-times-for-a-given-gps-coordinate-within-postgresql
+ which took the algorithm from https://web.archive.org/web/20161022214335/https://williams.best.vwh.net/sunrise_sunset_algorithm.htm
+
+ year: number
+ month: number
+ day: number
+ lon: string, longitude of your location
+ lat: string, latitude of your location
+ getRiseTime: bool, true -> sunrise time, false -> sunset time
+
+ return value: time in Unix epoch
+ ]]
+function calc_sun_time(year, month, day, lon, lat, getRiseTime)
+ -- constants we need
+ TO_RAD = (math.pi/180)
+ zenith = 90.8
+
+ -- 1. first calculate the day of the year
+ N1 = math.floor(275 * month / 9)
+ N2 = math.floor((month + 9 ) / 12)
+ N3 = ( 1 + math.floor((year - 4 * math.floor(year / 4) + 2) / 3))
+ N = N1 - (N2 * N3) + day - 30
+
+ -- 2. convert the longitude to hour value and calculate an approximate time
+ lonHour=lon/15
+
+ if(getRiseTime) then
+ t = N + ((6 - lonHour) / 24)
+ else
+ t = N + ((18 - lonHour) / 24)
+ end
+
+ -- 3. calculate the Sun's mean anomaly
+ M = (0.9856 * t) - 3.289
+
+ -- 4. calculate the Sun's true longitude
+ L = M + (1.916 * math.sin(TO_RAD*M)) + (0.020 * math.sin(TO_RAD * 2 * M)) + 282.634
+ L = force_range(L, 360 ) -- NOTE: L adjusted into the range [0,360)
+
+ -- 5a. calculate the Sun's right ascension
+ RA = (1/TO_RAD) * math.atan(0.91764 * math.tan(TO_RAD*L))
+ RA = force_range(RA, 360 ) -- NOTE: RA adjusted into the range [0,360)
+
+ -- 5b. right ascension value needs to be in the same quadrant as L
+ Lquadrant = (math.floor( L/90)) * 90
+ RAquadrant = (math.floor(RA/90)) * 90
+ RA = RA + (Lquadrant - RAquadrant)
+
+ -- 5c. right ascension value needs to be converted into hours
+ RA = RA / 15
+
+ -- 6. calculate the Sun's declination
+ sinDec = 0.39782 * math.sin(TO_RAD * L)
+ cosDec = math.cos(math.asin(sinDec))
+
+ -- 7a. calculate the Sun's local hour angle
+ cosH = (math.cos(TO_RAD * zenith) - (sinDec * math.sin(TO_RAD * lat))) / (cosDec * math.cos(TO_RAD * lat))
+ if(cosH > 1) then
+ -- return None -- The sun never rises on this location (on the specified date)
+ print("Sun will never rise here and now.")
+ os.exit()
+ elseif(cosH < -1) then
+ -- return None -- The sun never sets on this location (on the specified date)
+ print("Sun will never rise here and now.")
+ os.exit()
+ end
+
+ -- 7b. finish calculating H and convert into hours
+ if(getRiseTime) then
+ H = 360 - (1/TO_RAD) * math.acos(cosH)
+ else
+ H = (1/TO_RAD) * math.acos(cosH)
+ end
+ H = H / 15
+
+ -- 8. calculate local mean time of rising/setting
+ T = H + RA - (0.06571 * t) - 6.622
+
+ -- 9. adjust back to UTC
+ UT = T - lonHour
+ UT = force_range(UT, 24) -- UTC time in decimal format (e.g. 23.23)
+
+ -- 10. Return
+ hr = force_range(math.floor(UT), 24)
+ min = tonumber(string.format("%.0f", (UT - math.floor(UT))*60))
+ if(min == 60) then
+ hr = (hr + 1)
+ min = 0
+ end
+
+ -- 10. check corner case https://github.com/SatAgro/suntime/issues/1 and issue 8
+ if(hr == 24) then
+ hr = 0
+ day = (day + 1)
+
+ if(day > daysInMonth(year, month)) then
+ day = 1
+ month = (month + 1)
+
+ if(month > 12) then
+ month = 1
+ year = (year + 1)
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ return os.time{year=year, month=month, day=day, hour=hr, min=math.floor(min)}
+end
+
+-- calculate sunrise and sunset time adjusted by tolerance seconds
+sunrise = (calc_sun_time(year, month, day, lon, lat, true) + tolerance)
+sunset = (calc_sun_time(year, month, day, lon, lat, false) - tolerance)
+
+-- debugging aide
+if(arg[1] == "debug") then
+ print("Expected sunrise for today in UTC seconds adjusted +", tolerance)
+ print(os.date("%c", sunrise))
+ print("Expected sunset for today in UTC seconds adjusted -", tolerance)
+ print(os.date("%c", sunset))
+end
+
+-- return 0 in case we should've daylight, otherwise return 1
+if((curEpoch >= sunrise) and (curEpoch <= sunset)) then
+ os.exit(0)
+else
+ os.exit(1)
+end
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