Push button with timer

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Hi all :slight_smile:
I am new to Arduino environment and I would like to ask you for programming advise:
I am trying to do simple push button to switch on/off relay but if the button is pressed more than 5 sec to switch the relay off.

const int relay = A1; //relay
const int button = A0; //button
const unsigned long eventInterval = 5000;
unsigned long previousTime = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(relay, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(button, INPUT_PULLUP);

}

void loop() {
  //take current time
  unsigned long currentTime = millis();

  // run
  if (digitalRead (button) == LOW) {
    manualmode ();
    Serial.println(currentTime);
    previousTime = currentTime;//
    delay (10);
  }

  else {
    digitalWrite(relay, LOW);
  }

}

void manualmode () {
  //take current time
  unsigned long currentTime = millis();

  if (currentTime - previousTime >= eventInterval) {

    digitalWrite(relay, LOW);
    delay(1000);
  }
  else
  {
    digitalWrite(relay, HIGH);
  }

} //end run timer

My question is: How to update previousTime only once when i press the button.
or is there any other way to do it

Thank You for your suggestions.

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How to update previousTime only once when i press the button.

You need to detect when the button becomes pressed rather than when it is pressed

See the StateChangeDetection example in the IDE

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