PowerBuilder

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. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Dt
integer b

loo_Dt = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Dt.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Dt
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Set to the current system date/time.
loo_Dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
Write-Debug "Now: " + loo_Dt.GetAsTimestamp(1)

// Add 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the future.
loo_Dt.AddSeconds(600)
Write-Debug "10 minutes from now: " + loo_Dt.GetAsTimestamp(1)

// Is the date/time within 10 seconds of expiration (i.e. within 10 seconds of now)?
b = loo_Dt.ExpiresWithin(10,"seconds")
Write-Debug "Expires within 10 seconds: " + string(b)

// Does the date/time expire within 5 minutes?
b = loo_Dt.ExpiresWithin(5,"minutes")
Write-Debug "Expires within 5 minutes: " + string(b)

// Does the date/time expire within 15 minutes?
b = loo_Dt.ExpiresWithin(15,"minutes")
Write-Debug "Expires within 15 minutes: " + string(b)

// Does the date/time expire within 1 hour?
b = loo_Dt.ExpiresWithin(1,"hour")
Write-Debug "Expires within 1 hour: " + string(b)

// Does the date/time expire within 1 day?
b = loo_Dt.ExpiresWithin(1,"day")
Write-Debug "Expires within 1 day: " + string(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


destroy loo_Dt