(SQL Server) Get Certificate Valid To/From Dates

Demonstrates how to get the certificate "valid from" and "valid to" dates.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

// Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
//
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @iTmp1 int
    DECLARE @iTmp2 int
    DECLARE @iTmp3 int
    DECLARE @iTmp4 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert', @cert OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/certs/testCert.cer'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    -- Get the certificate valid-from date/time
    DECLARE @ckdt int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'GetValidFromDt', @ckdt OUT
    -- Get the local timestamp string.

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'GetAsTimestamp', @sTmp0 OUT, 1
    PRINT 'Valid from: ' + @sTmp0
    -- Valid from: 2017-03-17T19:00:00-05:00

    -- Now get the date/time as another object where we can get the individual numeric date parts.
    DECLARE @dt int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'GetDtObj', @dt OUT, 1
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Day', @iTmp0 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Month', @iTmp1 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Year', @iTmp2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Hour', @iTmp3 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Minute', @iTmp4 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0 + '/' + @iTmp1 + '/' + @iTmp2 + '  ' + @iTmp3 + ':' + @iTmp4
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ckdt

    -- Get the certificate valid-to date/time
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'GetValidToDt', @ckdt OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'GetAsTimestamp', @sTmp0 OUT, 1
    PRINT 'Valid to: ' + @sTmp0
    -- Valid to: 2020-03-18T18:59:59-05:00
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'GetDtObj', @dt OUT, 1
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Day', @iTmp0 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Month', @iTmp1 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Year', @iTmp2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Hour', @iTmp3 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Minute', @iTmp4 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0 + '/' + @iTmp1 + '/' + @iTmp2 + '  ' + @iTmp3 + ':' + @iTmp4
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ckdt


    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert


END
GO