Set timeout for verification link using Timex

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I am sending a verification link via email after saving it to my database. I want the link to have a timeout, i.e., it would be rendered invalid after a certain duration. How do I do so using Timex? I don’t want to use other authentication packages like Coherence.

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Why do you want to use Timex for this? I think I would do it using the standard library.

# extract timestamp from the link
link_datetime = extract_date_time_from_link(link)

# diff with utc now
diff = DateTime.diff(DateTime.utc_now(), link_datetime)

# compare the diff with max age
case diff do
  diff when diff > @max_age -> :stale
  _ -> :ok
end
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Thanks a lot! This really helped me.

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