1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/modules/zeit b/modules/zeit
index 0b0537d3..340d6fce 100755
--- a/modules/zeit
+++ b/modules/zeit
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ case "$1" in
     echo "say current time" ;;
   (*)
     exec >>$NOISE_linefeed
+    eval `date +'k=%k ; M=%M'`
+    M=`echo $M | sed 's/0*//'`
     echo /set pitch 10
     case "$lang" in
-      (de|'') date +'"Es ist %k Uhr %M."' >$NOISE_linefeed ;;
-      (en|*-en) date +'"It is %k o clock and %M minutes"' >$NOISE_linefeed ;;
+      (de|'') echo " Es ist $k Uhr $M" >$NOISE_linefeed ;;
+      (en|*-en)
+          test -z "$M" || M="and $M minutes"
+          echo " It is $k o clock $M" >$NOISE_linefeed ;;
       (*) echo "Error: unsupported lang = $lang" >&2
     esac
     echo /set pitch ${noise_pitch-100}