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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.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkDateTimeW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkDateTimeW dt;
    BOOL b;

    dt = CkDateTimeW_Create();

    //  Set to the current system date/time.
    CkDateTimeW_SetFromCurrentSystemTime(dt);
    wprintf(L"Now: %s\n",CkDateTimeW_getAsTimestamp(dt,TRUE));

    //  Add 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the future.
    CkDateTimeW_AddSeconds(dt,600);
    wprintf(L"10 minutes from now: %s\n",CkDateTimeW_getAsTimestamp(dt,TRUE));

    //  Is the date/time within 10 seconds of expiration (i.e. within 10 seconds of now)?
    b = CkDateTimeW_ExpiresWithin(dt,10,L"seconds");
    wprintf(L"Expires within 10 seconds: %d\n",b);

    //  Does the date/time expire within 5 minutes?
    b = CkDateTimeW_ExpiresWithin(dt,5,L"minutes");
    wprintf(L"Expires within 5 minutes: %d\n",b);

    //  Does the date/time expire within 15 minutes?
    b = CkDateTimeW_ExpiresWithin(dt,15,L"minutes");
    wprintf(L"Expires within 15 minutes: %d\n",b);

    //  Does the date/time expire within 1 hour?
    b = CkDateTimeW_ExpiresWithin(dt,1,L"hour");
    wprintf(L"Expires within 1 hour: %d\n",b);

    //  Does the date/time expire within 1 day?
    b = CkDateTimeW_ExpiresWithin(dt,1,L"day");
    wprintf(L"Expires within 1 day: %d\n",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


    CkDateTimeW_Dispose(dt);

    }