#!/bin/bash # Desc: Template to report seconds until beginning of next day # Author: Steven Baltaktei Sandoval; License: GPLv3+ #==BEGIN Define script parameters== #===BEGIN Declare local script functions=== yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370 die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } timeUntilNextDay(){ # Desc: Report seconds until next day. # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next day # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0 # Usage: timeUntilNextDay # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi local returnState TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second. TIME_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)" # Produce separator-less current timestamp with resolution 1 second. DATE_CURRENT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" --iso-8601=date)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 day. DATE_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%d)" ; # Produce separator-less current timestamp with resolution 1 day. DATE_TOMORROW="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT next day" --iso-8601=date)" ; # Produce timestamp of tomorrow's date (res. 1 day). TIME_NEXT_DAY="$(date -d "$DATE_TOMORROW" --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable timestamp of closest next day (res. 1 second). SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY="$(( $(date +%s -d "$TIME_NEXT_DAY") - $(date +%s -d "$TIME_CURRENT") ))" ; # Calculate seconds until closest future midnight (res. 1 second). if [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -gt 0 ]]; then returnState="true"; elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -eq 0 ]]; then returnState="WARNING_ZERO"; yell "WARNING:Reported time until next day exactly zero."; elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -lt 0 ]]; then returnState="WARNING_NEGATIVE"; yell "WARNING:Reported time until next day is negative."; fi try echo "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY"; # Report #===Determine function return code=== if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then return 0; elif [[ "$returnState" = "WARNING_ZERO" ]]; then return 1; elif [[ "$returnState" = "WARNING_NEGATIVE" ]]; then return 2; fi } # Report seconds until next midnight #===END Declare local script functions=== #==END Define script parameters== #==BEGIN sample code== try echo "Time until next day (seconds):$(timeUntilNextDay)" # simple report if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement for myTTL:$myTTL"; exit 1; fi # Use of exit code to exit early if time <= 0. #==END sample code==