+    # Determine function return code
+    if [ "$returnState" = "true" ]; then
+       return 0;
+    fi
+} # Exports TZ environment variable
+timeUntilNextDay(){
+    # Desc: Report seconds until next day.
+    # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next day
+    # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0
+    # Usage: timeUntilNextDay
+    # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi
+    local returnState TIME_CURRENT TIME_NEXT_DAY SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY
+    TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+    TIME_NEXT_DAY="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT next day" --iso-8601=date)"; # Produce timestamp of beginning of tomorrow with resolution of 1 second.
+    SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY="$(( $(date +%s -d "$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 [[ "$returnState" = "WARNING_NEGATIVE" ]]; then
+       return 2;
+    fi
+} # Report seconds until next day
+timeUntilNextHour(){
+    # Desc: Report seconds until next hour
+    # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next hour
+    # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0
+    # Usage: timeUntilNextHour
+    # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextHour)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi
+    local returnState TIME_CURRENT TIME_NEXT_HOUR SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR
+    TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+    TIME_NEXT_HOUR="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT next hour" --iso-8601=hours)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current time stamp with resolution of 1 second.
+    SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR="$(( $(date +%s -d "$TIME_NEXT_HOUR") - $(date +%s -d "$TIME_CURRENT") ))"; # Calculate seconds until next hour (res. 1 second).
+    if [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -gt 0 ]]; then
+       returnState="true";
+    elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -eq 0 ]]; then
+       returnState="WARNING_ZERO";
+       yell "WARNING:Reported time until next hour exactly zero.";
+    elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -lt 0 ]]; then
+       returnState="WARNING_NEGATIVE";
+       yell "WARNING:Reported time until next hour is negative.";
+    fi
+
+    try echo "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR"; # Report
+    
+    #===Determine function return code===
+    if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then
+       return 0;
+    elif [[ "$returnState" = "WARNING_ZERO" ]]; then
+       return 1;
+    elif [[ "$returnState" = "WARNING_NEGATIVE" ]]; then
+       return 2;
+    fi
+} # Report seconds until next hour
+dateTimeShort(){
+    # Desc: Timestamp without separators (YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzzz)
+    # Usage: dateTimeShort
+    # Output: stdout: timestamp (ISO-8601, no separators)
+    local TIME_CURRENT TIME_CURRENT_SHORT
+    TIME_CURRENT="$(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.
+    echo "$TIME_CURRENT_SHORT";
+} # Get YYYYmmddTHHMMSS±zzzz
+dateShort(){
+    # Desc: Date without separators (YYYYmmdd)
+    # Usage: dateShort
+    # Output: stdout: date (ISO-8601, no separators)
+    local TIME_CURRENT DATE_CURRENT_SHORT
+    TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+    DATE_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%d)"; # Produce separator-less current date with resolution 1 day.
+    echo "$DATE_CURRENT_SHORT";
+} # Get YYYYmmdd
+timeDuration(){
+    # Desc: Output approximate time duration string before given time (default:current date)
+    # Ref/Attrib: ISO-8601:2004(E), §4.4.4.2 Representations of time intervals by duration and context information
+    # Note: "1 month" ("P1M") is assumed to be "30 days" (see ISO-8601:2004(E), §2.2.1.2)
+    # Usage: timeDuration [arg1] ([arg2])
+    # Input: arg1: seconds as base 10 integer >= 0  (ex: 3601)
+    #        arg2: precision level (optional; default=2)
+    # Output: stdout: ISO-8601 duration string (ex: "P1H1S", "P2Y10M15DT10H30M20S")
+    # Example: 'timeDuration 111111 3' yields 'P1DT6H51M'
+    # Depends: date 8 (gnucoreutils)
+    local returnState fullHours fullMinutes fullSeconds;
+    ARG1="$1";
+    ARG2="$2";
+    precision=2; # set default precision
+    returnState="true"; # set default return state
+
+    # Check that between one and two arguments is supplied
+    if ! { [[ $# -ge 1 ]] && [[ $# -le 2 ]]; }; then
+       yell "ERROR:Invalid number of arguments:$# . Exiting.";
+       returnState="ERROR_INPUT"; fi