How to get FULL current time.

[Miraclezz]

Hello all.

So, I'm struggling with Systemtime in C++
I made strings to Hour, Minute and Second.
Here they are.

String^ GrabHour()
{
DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
GetDateTimeInfo.Hour.ToString();
return GetDateTimeInfo.Hour.ToString();

}
String^ GrabMinute()
{
DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
GetDateTimeInfo.Minute.ToString();
return GetDateTimeInfo.Minute.ToString();

}
String^ GrabSecond()
{
DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
GetDateTimeInfo.Second.ToString();
return GetDateTimeInfo.Second.ToString();
}

Now the problem is. If the System time is 07, the String shows 7,
But I need to have two numbers. Not 7 but, 07. Otherwise my program won't functioning.

My question now is, is there a way to "int" 7 = 07 or something?
Or is there a FULL method to get the time, only the time. Not the date?

Thanks

[ovidiucucu]

You can pass format specifiers to ToString method.
Example

      String^ GrabHour()
      {
         DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
         return GetDateTimeInfo.Hour.ToString("00"); // two digits
      }

For more info, see Formatting Types in MSDN Library.


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[Miraclezz]

You can pass format specifiers to ToString method.
Example

      String^ GrabHour()
      {
         DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
         return GetDateTimeInfo.Hour.ToString("00"); // two digits
      }

For more info, see Formatting Types in MSDN Library.


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Thanks!

[Eri523]

To extend on what ovidiucucu already stated correctly...

      String^ GrabHour()
      {
         DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
         return GetDateTimeInfo.Hour.ToString("00"); // two digits
      }

Actually, thre's not even a need to convert the hour value to an int before formatting it. Using a custom time format string, you can obtain it by formatting the DateTime directly:

      String^ GrabHour()
      {
         DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
         return GetDateTimeInfo.ToString("HH"); // two digits
      }

And, of course, there are also corresponding format strings for the minute ("mm") and the second ("ss"). Such a format string can also be used to obtain the complete time (without date) as three times two characters plus time separators by using the format string "HH:mm:ss".

Moreover, given this is the common way to write it in the current culture, this complete format is equivalent to the shorter (and culture-aware) long time format that is written as "T". Finally, as this format is used really frequently in programs, there's a DateTime method that returns a time formatted that way without the need to pass a format string at all: ToLongTimeString(). So, the straightest way to get to the complete formatted time, based on your code, would be:

      String^ GrabTime()
      {
         DateTime GetDateTimeInfo = DateTime::Now;
         return GetDateTimeInfo.ToLongTimeString(); // six digits, two separators
      }

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This is the solving solution!
Thanks!

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