Objective-C
Objective-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 Objective-C Downloads
#import <CkoDateTime.h>
CkoDateTime *dt = [[CkoDateTime alloc] init];
// Set to the current system date/time.
[dt SetFromCurrentSystemTime];
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Now: ",[dt GetAsTimestamp: YES]);
// Add 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the future.
[dt AddSeconds: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 600]];
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"10 minutes from now: ",[dt GetAsTimestamp: YES]);
// Is the date/time within 10 seconds of expiration (i.e. within 10 seconds of now)?
BOOL b = [dt ExpiresWithin: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 10] units: @"seconds"];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Expires within 10 seconds: ",b);
// Does the date/time expire within 5 minutes?
b = [dt ExpiresWithin: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 5] units: @"minutes"];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Expires within 5 minutes: ",b);
// Does the date/time expire within 15 minutes?
b = [dt ExpiresWithin: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 15] units: @"minutes"];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Expires within 15 minutes: ",b);
// Does the date/time expire within 1 hour?
b = [dt ExpiresWithin: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 1] units: @"hour"];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Expires within 1 hour: ",b);
// Does the date/time expire within 1 day?
b = [dt ExpiresWithin: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 1] units: @"day"];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Expires within 1 day: ",b);
// 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