applying code review comments:

* keep providing timeout getter for seconds
* add template getter for any std::chrono::duration type
* add test cases for template getter type deduction

Author: kreuzerkrieg

Release/include/cpprest/http_client.h

@@ -191,11 +191,20 @@ class http_client_config
     /// Get the timeout
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>The timeout (in seconds) used for each send and receive operation on the client.</returns>
-    const auto& timeout() const
+    utility::seconds timeout() const
     {
-        return m_timeout;
+        return std::chrono::duration_cast<utility::seconds>(m_timeout);
     }
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Get the timeout
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <returns>The timeout (in whatever duration) used for each send and receive operation on the client.</returns>
+	template <class T>
+	T timeout() const
+	{
+		return std::chrono::duration_cast<T>(m_timeout);
+	}
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Set the timeout
 	/// </summary>

Release/tests/functional/http/client/client_construction.cpp

@@ -171,8 +171,14 @@ TEST_FIXTURE(uri_address, get_client_config)
     http_client client(m_uri, config);
 
     const http_client_config& config2 = client.client_config();
-    VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(std::chrono::duration_cast<decltype(timeout)>(config2.timeout()).count(),
-		timeout.count());
+    VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(config2.timeout().count(), timeout.count());
+	std::chrono::milliseconds milli_timeout = config2.timeout();
+	VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(milli_timeout.count(),
+		std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(timeout).count());
+	auto micro_timeout = config.timeout<std::chrono::microseconds>();
+	VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(micro_timeout.count(),
+		std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout).count());
+	
     VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(config2.chunksize(), 1024);
 }