C++
C++
Date/Time Expires Within N Seconds/Minutes/Hours/Days
Demonstrates the how to tell if a date/time is within N seconds, minutes, hours, or days of the current system time.Chilkat C++ Downloads
#include <CkDateTime.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
CkDateTime dt;
// Set to the current system date/time.
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
std::cout << "Now: " << dt.getAsTimestamp(true) << "\r\n";
// Add 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the future.
dt.AddSeconds(600);
std::cout << "10 minutes from now: " << dt.getAsTimestamp(true) << "\r\n";
// Is the date/time within 10 seconds of expiration (i.e. within 10 seconds of now)?
bool b = dt.ExpiresWithin(10,"seconds");
std::cout << "Expires within 10 seconds: " << b << "\r\n";
// Does the date/time expire within 5 minutes?
b = dt.ExpiresWithin(5,"minutes");
std::cout << "Expires within 5 minutes: " << b << "\r\n";
// Does the date/time expire within 15 minutes?
b = dt.ExpiresWithin(15,"minutes");
std::cout << "Expires within 15 minutes: " << b << "\r\n";
// Does the date/time expire within 1 hour?
b = dt.ExpiresWithin(1,"hour");
std::cout << "Expires within 1 hour: " << b << "\r\n";
// Does the date/time expire within 1 day?
b = dt.ExpiresWithin(1,"day");
std::cout << "Expires within 1 day: " << b << "\r\n";
// Output:
// Now: 2017-05-05T23:48:00-0500
// 10 minutes from now: 2017-05-05T23:58:00-0500
// Expires within 10 seconds: False
// Expires within 5 minutes: False
// Expires within 15 minutes: True
// Expires within 1 hour: True
// Expires within 1 day: True
}