#!/bin/sh -e

# Retrieve a header from somewhere. Don't care where.
echo "GET HTTP/1.1" | ncat --ssl 205.166.94.16 443 | grep Date > /tmp/date.jnk

# Month lookup table. Horrible, but I don't know a better method...
# Please forgive me for this sin, Patriarch Bourne.
month=`cut -d ' ' -f 4 /tmp/date.jnk`
case "$month" in
Jan) month=01 ;;
Feb) month=02 ;;
Mar) month=03 ;;
Apr) month=04 ;;
May) month=05 ;;
Jun) month=06 ;;
Jul) month=07 ;;
Aug) month=08 ;;
Sep) month=09 ;;
Oct) month=10 ;;
Nov) month=11 ;;
Dec) month=12 ;;
esac

x=1
for each in day year time
do
  export $each=`cat /tmp/date.jnk | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -E [0-9] | sed s/\://g | tr '\n' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f $x`
  x=$(($x+1))
done

printf "The current time is as follows.\nYear: $year\nMonth: $month\nDay: $day\nTime: $time\n"

time=`echo $time | cut -b 1,2,3,4`
year=`echo $year | cut -b 3,4`
printf "Your date-compatible string for today is: $month$day$time$year\nHere it is again, on its own line:\n$month$day$time$year\n"
date -u $month$day$time$year
rm /tmp/date.jnk
exit