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Date/Time Older-Than N Seconds/Minutes/Hours/Days

Demonstrates the how to tell if a date/time is older than the current time by N seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

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C
#include <C_CkDateTime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkDateTime dt;
    BOOL b;

    dt = CkDateTime_Create();

    //  Set to the current system date/time.
    CkDateTime_SetFromCurrentSystemTime(dt);
    printf("Now: %s\n",CkDateTime_getAsTimestamp(dt,TRUE));

    //  Subtract 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the past.
    CkDateTime_AddSeconds(dt,-600);
    printf("10 minutes ago: %s\n",CkDateTime_getAsTimestamp(dt,TRUE));

    //  Is the date/time older than 10 seconds?
    b = CkDateTime_OlderThan(dt,10,"seconds");
    printf("Older than 10 seconds: %d\n",b);

    //  Is the date/time older than 5 minutes?
    b = CkDateTime_OlderThan(dt,5,"minutes");
    printf("Older than 5 minutes: %d\n",b);

    //  Is the date/time older than 15 minutes?
    b = CkDateTime_OlderThan(dt,15,"minutes");
    printf("Older than 15 minutes: %d\n",b);

    //  Is the date/time older than 1 hour?
    b = CkDateTime_OlderThan(dt,1,"hour");
    printf("Older than 1 hour: %d\n",b);

    //  Is the date/time older than 1 day?
    b = CkDateTime_OlderThan(dt,1,"day");
    printf("Older than 1 day: %d\n",b);

    //  Output:

    //  	Now: 2017-05-05T23:33:06-0500
    //  	10 minutes ago: 2017-05-05T23:23:06-0500
    //  	Older than 10 seconds: True
    //  	Older than 5 minutes: True
    //  	Older than 15 minutes: False
    //  	Older than 1 hour: False
    //  	Older than 1 day: False


    CkDateTime_Dispose(dt);

    }