Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65+

DateTime - Add or Subtract Seconds

Demonstrates the AddSeconds method to add or subtract a number of seconds from a date/time. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local dateTime = chilkat.DateTime.new()

dateTime:set_from_current_system_time()

print("Current time: " .. dateTime:get_as_timestamp(false))

dateTime:add_seconds(1)
print("Current time + 1 second: " .. dateTime:get_as_timestamp(false))

dateTime:add_seconds(-2)
print("Current time - 1 second: " .. dateTime:get_as_timestamp(false))

-- Add 30 days (60 * 60 * 24 * 30)
dateTime:add_seconds(60 * 60 * 24 * 30)
print("Current time + 30 days: " .. dateTime:get_as_timestamp(false))

-- Sample output for test run on 2-Dec-2016:

--     Current time: 2016-12-02T12:59:13Z
--     Current time + 1 second: 2016-12-02T12:59:14Z
--     Current time - 1 second: 2016-12-02T12:59:12Z
--     Current time + 30 days: 2017-01-01T12:59:12Z