Refactored summer-time calcuating function. Now, only the state summertime or wintertime is returned

timecore.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
--- As we are located in central europe, we have GMT+1
-local TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WINTER = 1
-
 --Summer winter time convertion
 --See: https://arduinodiy.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/the-arduino-and-daylight-saving-time/
 --
@@ -18,30 +15,36 @@ local TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WINTER = 1
 --setclockto 3 am;
 --DST=1;
 --}
-function getLocalTime(year, month, day, hour, minutes, second,dow)
-  -- Always adapte the timezoneoffset:
-  hour = hour + (TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WINTER)
 
+-- @fn isSummerTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second,dow)
+-- @param year      Current year of day       range (2016 - ...)
+-- @param month     Current month of year     range (1 - 12) e.g. 2 is Februrary
+-- @param day       Current day in month      range (1 - 31)
+-- @param hour      Current hour of day       range (0 - 23)
+-- @param minute    Current minute in hour    range (0 - 59)
+-- @param second    Current second of minute  range (0 - 59)
+-- @param dow       Current day of week       range (1 - 7)   (1 is Monday, 7 is Sunday)
+function isSummerTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second,dow)
   -- we are in 100% in the summer time
   if (month > 3 and month < 10) then 
-    hour = hour + 1
+    return true
   -- March is not 100% Summer time, only starting at the last sunday
   elseif ((month == 3 and day >= 25 and day <= 31 and hour > 2 and dow == 7) or
           -- Only handle days after the last sunday in this month
           ((month == 3 and day >= 25 and day <= 31 and dow < 7 and ((7-dow + day) > 31))) ) then
-   -- set summer time
+   -- summer time
-   hour = hour + 1
+   return true
   -- October is not 100% Summer time, ending with the last sunday
-  elseif ((month == 10 and day >= 25 and day <= 31 and hour <= 2 and dow == 7) or
+  elseif ((month == 10 and day >= 25 and day <= 31 and (hour < 2 or (hour == 2 and minute== 0 and second == 0)) and dow == 7) or
           (month == 10 and day >= 25 and day <= 31 and dow < 7 and ((7-dow + day) <= 31)) or 
            -- Handle all days up to the 25. of october
            (month == 10 and day < 25 )
            )then
-   -- set summer time
+   -- summer time
-   hour = hour + 1
+   return true
   end
-  
+  -- otherwise it must be winter time
-  return year, month, day, hour, minutes, second
+  return false
 end
 
 -- Convert a given month in english abr. to number from 1 to 12.
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ local yearsize = function(year)
  end
 end
 
-gettime = function(unixtimestmp)
+function getUTCtime(unixtimestmp)
   local year = EPOCH_YR
   local dayclock = math.floor(unixtimestmp % SECS_DAY)
   dayno = math.floor(unixtimestmp / SECS_DAY)

unit/generateTimesMarchOctober.sh

@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@ for year in {2016..2100}; do
 done
 cat $TAIL >> $OUTPUT
 
+echo "---------------------------"
+echo "Usage:"
+echo "Call lua $OUTPUT in the terminal to execute the test"
+
 exit 0

unit/timetest_head.template

@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 dofile("../timecore.lua")
 
-function checkTime(yearIn, monthIn, dayIn, hourIn, minutesIn, secondsIn,dowIn, resultingHourDiff)
+SUMMERTIME_OFFSET=2
-    year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds = getLocalTime(yearIn, monthIn, dayIn, hourIn, minutesIn, secondsIn, dowIn)
+WINTERTIME_OFFSET=1
 
-    if not (year == yearIn and monthIn == month and day == dayIn and hour == (hourIn + resultingHourDiff) and minutesIn == minutes and secondsIn == seconds ) then
+-- This functions expects to be executed in Germany, 
-        print(yearIn .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", monthIn) .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", dayIn) .. " " .. string.format("%0.2d", hourIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", minutesIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", secondsIn) .. " (" .. dowIn .. ".th dayOfWeek) not as expected GMT+" .. resultingHourDiff .. " but GMT+" .. (hour - hourIn) )
+-- so resultingHourDiff is 1 in wintertime
+-- and 2 in summertime
+function checkTime(yearIn, monthIn, dayIn, hourIn, minutesIn, secondsIn,dowIn, resultingHourDiff)
+    local summerTime = isSummerTime(yearIn, monthIn, dayIn, hourIn, minutesIn, secondsIn, dowIn)
+    if ((resultingHourDiff == SUMMERTIME_OFFSET and not (summerTime == true)) or (resultingHourDiff == WINTERTIME_OFFSET and not (summerTime == false))) then
+        print(yearIn .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", monthIn) .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", dayIn) .. " " .. string.format("%0.2d", hourIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", minutesIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", secondsIn) .. " (dow:" .. dowIn .. ") was not GMT+" .. resultingHourDiff .. "  ( summer time was " .. tostring(summerTime) .. ")" )
         os.exit(1)
     else
-        print(yearIn .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", monthIn) .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", dayIn) .. " " .. string.format("%0.2d", hourIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", minutesIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", secondsIn) .. " is GMT+" .. resultingHourDiff )
+        print(yearIn .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", monthIn) .. "-" .. string.format("%0.2d", dayIn) .. " " .. string.format("%0.2d", hourIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", minutesIn) .. ":" .. string.format("%0.2d", secondsIn) .. " summertime is " .. tostring(summerTime) .. " (GMT+" .. resultingHourDiff .. ")" )
     end
 end
-

unit/unix2time.lua

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-dofile("../timecore.lua")
-print( gettime(1462391501) )