Hi I can't seem to get my head around the correct way to do time arithmetic in Go.
I have a time "object" later initialized to Now() and stored.
insertTime time.Time
Later, I need to see if the item is older than 15 minutes.
How do i do this? Do I need to create a Duration of 15 Minutes add it to the current time and compare? If so, how do I do that?
func (Time) After will be helpful, I believe. Schema:
when := time.Now()
...
if time.Now().After(when.Add(15*time.Minute)) {
// Conditionally process something if at least 15 minutes elapsed
}
Instead of a variable, when could be a field of some struct, for example.
Alternative approach:
deadline := time.Now().Add(15*time.Minute)
...
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
// Conditionally process something if at least 15 minutes elapsed
}
I prefer the later version personally.