--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# Desc: Template to report seconds until beginning of next hour
+
+#==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 $*"; }
+timeUntilNextHour(){
+ # Desc: Report seconds until next hour
+ # Version 1.0.1
+ # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next hour
+ # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0
+ # Usage: timeUntilNextHour
+ # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextHour)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi
+
+ local returnState timeCurrent timeNextHour secondsUntilNextHour
+ timeCurrent="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+ timeNextHour="$(date -d "$timeCurrent next hour" --iso-8601=hours)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current time stamp with resolution of 1 second.
+ secondsUntilNextHour="$(( $(date +%s -d "$timeNextHour") - $(date +%s -d "$timeCurrent") ))"; # Calculate seconds until next hour (res. 1 second).
+ if [[ "$secondsUntilNextHour" -gt 0 ]]; then
+ returnState="true";
+ elif [[ "$secondsUntilNextHour" -eq 0 ]]; then
+ returnState="warning_zero";
+ yell "WARNING:Reported time until next hour exactly zero.";
+ elif [[ "$secondsUntilNextHour" -lt 0 ]]; then
+ returnState="warning_negative";
+ yell "WARNING:Reported time until next hour is negative.";
+ fi;
+
+ try echo "$secondsUntilNextHour"; # Report
+
+ # Determine function return code
+ if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then
+ return 0;
+ elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_zero" ]]; then
+ return 1;
+ elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_negative" ]]; then
+ return 2;
+ fi;
+} # Report seconds until next hour
+#===END Declare local script functions===
+#==END Define script parameters==
+
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+try echo "Time until next hour (seconds):$(timeUntilNextHour)" # simple report
+
+if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextHour)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement for myTTL:$myTTL"; exit 1; fi # Use of exit code to exit early if time <= 0.
+#==END sample code==
+
+# Author: Steven Baltaktei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+