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  Amplitude

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  Setting Token Expiration In Seconds or Minutes

  Nov 21, 2020 05:24 AM|Amplitude|LINK

  Hello:
  
  So this fails: 
  Expires = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30),
  
  This passes:
  Expires = DateTime.Now.AddHours(7),
  
  If I go below 7 hours or attempt to use seconds I get the following erros:
  
  IDX12401: Expires: 'System.DateTime' must be after NotBefore: 'System.DateTime'.

  I think I understand the error but I am not certain how to resolve it.

  Code:

  SigningCredentials signingCredentials = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha512Signature);
  SecurityTokenDescriptor securityTokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor
  {
     Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(claims),
     Expires = DateTime.Now.AddHours(6),
     SigningCredentials = signingCredentials
  };

  
  Thanks!
  
  
  

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  reinux

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  Re: Setting Token Expiration In Seconds or Minutes

  Nov 22, 2020 04:22 PM|reinux|LINK

  Amplitude

  If I go below 7 hours

  That would be because you're in UTC-7, ie somewhere in western/midwestern North America :D

  You need to use System.DateTime.UtcNow as opposed to System.DateTime.Now.