Merge pull request #5 from jtagne/master

"date" option type

Author: Dams

argsparse.sh

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 ## @code
 ##   file directory pipe terminal socket link char unsignedint uint
 ##   integer int hexa ipv4 ipv6 ip hostname host portnumber port
-##   username group
+##   username group date
 ## @endcode
 ##
 ## @li "exclude:<option> <option>" @n
@@ -843,6 +843,10 @@ argsparse_check_option_type() {
 		group)
 			getent group "$value" >/dev/null 2>&1
 			;;
+		date)
+			date --date "$value"  >/dev/null 2>&1
+			return 
+			;;
 		*)
 			# Invoke user-defined type-checking function if available.
 			if ! declare -f "check_option_type_$option_type" >/dev/null

tutorial/4-types

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ argsparse_use_option IP6: "An IPv6 address" type:ipv6
 argsparse_use_option host: "Some host" type:host
 argsparse_use_option user: "A system UNIX user name" type:username
 argsparse_use_option group: "A UNIX group name" type:group
+argsparse_use_option date: "Valid date string" type:date
 
 # A port number is just a regular postive <1-65535> integer.
 argsparse_use_option portnumber: "An IP port number" type:portnumber