Convert string to time_t

[xikspan]

I need to read in a date/time stamp from a text file in the format of:

02/19/06 12:14:03

I need to put this in time_t format to write it to a binary file that requires it be in the time_t format.

How can I accomplish this?

Thanks!

[Jay Tautges]

You could use the COleDateTime and it's ParseDateTime function to parse your text. If parsed successfully use the GetMonth/Day/Year/etc functions to put together your time_t variable.

Jay

[jayender.vs]

Check this: Date and Time: Automation Support

[xikspan]

Thanks to everyone. Here is my dilemma. I have a string such as:

My Time Stamp: 02/16/06 12:31:42

I need to just parse out the "02/16/06 12:31:42" part.

Once I have that, then I have a function to parse out each field and put it in the format I need.

My current question is: How do I grab just the ""02/16/06 12:31:42" part as a CString for me to pass to the function I have. The function is:

long CMine::ConvertDateTime(CString buff)
{
int yy, mm, dd, hour, min, sec;
struct tm when;
long tme;

sscanf(buff, "%d/%d/%d %d:%d:%d", &mm, &dd, &yy, &hour, &min, &sec);

if( yy < 70 ) yy+= 100; // year 2000 compliant
time(&tme);
when = *localtime(&tme);
when.tm_year = yy; when.tm_mon = mm-1; when.tm_mday = dd;
when.tm_hour = hour; when.tm_min = min; when.tm_sec = sec;
return( mktime(&when) );
}

[golanshahar]

Thanks to everyone. Here is my dilemma. I have a string such as:

My Time Stamp: 02/16/06 12:31:42

I need to just parse out the "02/16/06 12:31:42" part.

Once I have that, then I have a function to parse out each field and put it in the format I need.

My current question is: How do I grab just the ""02/16/06 12:31:42" part as a CString for me to pass to the function I have. The function is:

If this is the fixed format you are having:

My Time Stamp:  02/16/06 12:31:42

That’s mean before every date and time you will have the My Time Stamp: string then you can extract it simply like this:

  CString str("My Time Stamp: 02/16/06 12:31:42");
  int len = strlen("My Time Stamp: ");
  CString strRes = str.Right(str.GetLength() -len);
  // strRes == "02/16/06 12:31:42"

Cheers

[GCDEF]

If this is the fixed format you are having:

My Time Stamp:  02/16/06 12:31:42

That’s mean before every date and time you will have the My Time Stamp: string then you can extract it simply like this:

  CString str("My Time Stamp: 02/16/06 12:31:42");
  int len = strlen("My Time Stamp: ");
  CString strRes = str.Right(str.GetLength() -len);
  // strRes == "02/16/06 12:31:42"

Cheers

str.Replace ("My Time Stamp: ", "") would do it too.

[xikspan]

You guys rock! That worked perfectly for what I needed! Thanks!

[golanshahar]

str.Replace ("My Time Stamp: ", "") would do it too.

Yup, just that you are referring to the content of the "header" while I am referring to the size of it...

Cheers