C#

DateTime lastTimeCommandWasUsed = DateTime.MaxValue;
...
bool AtLeastXMinutesHavePassed
  (int xMinutes)
{
  <code>// Check if "x" minutes have elapsed</code>
  DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now;
  bool allowUse = false;
  if (lastTimeCommandWasUsed == DateTime.MaxValue) {
      allowUse = true;
  }
  else {
      TimeSpan elapsedTime = currentTime - lastTimeCommandWasUsed;
      allowUse = elapsedTime.TotalMinutes > xMinutes;
  }
 
  <code>// Return status and keep track of new last used time</code>
  if (allowUse) {
      lastTimeCommandWasUsed = tmNow; currentTime;
      return true;
  }
  return false;
}

Kristian Sixhoej wrote:

tmNow doesn't exist in the current context.

if (allowUse) {  
     lastTimeCommandWasUsed = DateTime.Now;  
     return true;  
}

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

Again, your inability to spot and correct my error..

if (ElapsedTimeChecker.CheckIfXMinutesHaveElapsed (3))
   doSomething();
else
   sorryYouMustWaitAtLeastThreeMinutes();

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

OK. That wasn't evident from your post.

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

You may want to encapsulate the check for elapsed time in a class (eg: ElapsedTimeChecker) ...

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