(Android™) 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.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();

    // Set to the current system date/time.
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    Log.i(TAG, "Now: " + dt.getAsTimestamp(true));

    // Subtract 10 minutes, making the date 10 minutes in the past.
    dt.AddSeconds(-600);
    Log.i(TAG, "10 minutes ago: " + dt.getAsTimestamp(true));

    // Is the date/time older than 10 seconds?
    boolean b = dt.OlderThan(10,"seconds");
    Log.i(TAG, "Older than 10 seconds: " + String.valueOf(b));

    // Is the date/time older than 5 minutes?
    b = dt.OlderThan(5,"minutes");
    Log.i(TAG, "Older than 5 minutes: " + String.valueOf(b));

    // Is the date/time older than 15 minutes?
    b = dt.OlderThan(15,"minutes");
    Log.i(TAG, "Older than 15 minutes: " + String.valueOf(b));

    // Is the date/time older than 1 hour?
    b = dt.OlderThan(1,"hour");
    Log.i(TAG, "Older than 1 hour: " + String.valueOf(b));

    // Is the date/time older than 1 day?
    b = dt.OlderThan(1,"day");
    Log.i(TAG, "Older than 1 day: " + String.valueOf(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

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}