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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. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$dt = New-Object Chilkat.CkDateTime

# Set to the current system date/time.
$dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
$("Now: " + $dt.GetAsTimestamp($true))

# Subtract 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the past.
$dt.AddSeconds(-600)
$("10 minutes ago: " + $dt.GetAsTimestamp($true))

# Is the date/time older than 10 seconds?
$b = $dt.OlderThan(10,"seconds")
$("Older than 10 seconds: " + $b)

# Is the date/time older than 5 minutes?
$b = $dt.OlderThan(5,"minutes")
$("Older than 5 minutes: " + $b)

# Is the date/time older than 15 minutes?
$b = $dt.OlderThan(15,"minutes")
$("Older than 15 minutes: " + $b)

# Is the date/time older than 1 hour?
$b = $dt.OlderThan(1,"hour")
$("Older than 1 hour: " + $b)

# Is the date/time older than 1 day?
$b = $dt.OlderThan(1,"day")
$("Older than 1 day: " + $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