Value too great for base (error token is “0925”)

Question

I have the following logic in my bash script:

#!/bin/bash
local_time=$(date +%H%M)

if (( ( local_time > 1430  && local_time < 2230 ) || ( local_ti         


        

Answer 1

Solving the issue within the conditional test

One may be forced to keep the variable as it is for a variety of reasons (e.g. file naming issues). If this is the case, solve the issue within the conditional test by explicitly specifying base 10#:

#!/bin/bash
local_time=$(date +%H%M)

if (( ( 10#${local_time} > 1430  && 10#${local_time} < 2230 ) || ( 10#${local_time} > 0300 && 10#${local_time} < 0430 ) )); then
 # do something
fi