(Java) 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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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();

    // Set to the current system date/time.
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    System.out.println("Now: " + dt.getAsTimestamp(true));

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

    // Is the date/time older than 10 seconds?
    boolean b = dt.OlderThan(10,"seconds");
    System.out.println("Older than 10 seconds: " + b);

    // Is the date/time older than 5 minutes?
    b = dt.OlderThan(5,"minutes");
    System.out.println("Older than 5 minutes: " + b);

    // Is the date/time older than 15 minutes?
    b = dt.OlderThan(15,"minutes");
    System.out.println("Older than 15 minutes: " + b);

    // Is the date/time older than 1 hour?
    b = dt.OlderThan(1,"hour");
    System.out.println("Older than 1 hour: " + b);

    // Is the date/time older than 1 day?
    b = dt.OlderThan(1,"day");
    System.out.println("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
  }
}