Formatting date

I want to display date in local system format.
For example : dd/mm/yyyy for france and mm/dd/yyyy for us.

I try the following code but it didn't work :


CTime time = CTime::GetCurrentTime();
CString strDate = time.Format(_T("%x"));




In fact this code ALWAYS results in : mm/dd/yyyy

Please help

Have you changed your locale settings in Regional Settings ?

Yes I have.
Therefore a customer test with england local settings and the problem is identical.

Note : The systems used are NT or w98.

Can you not do

date.format(%d/%m/%y);

I've tested here at my portable. And I have the same problem.

Try this.


COleDateTime timeNow;
timeNow = COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime();
CString strDate = timeNow.Format(VAR_DATEVALUEONLY);
CString strTime = timeNow.Format(VAR_TIMEVALUEONLY);

Hi,
I think you may have to get around this problem by reading the settings from the registry used by the current user.
If you look at the key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]

The sub-key "sShortDate"="M/d/yyyy" tells you what format you would be required to display your date in. You would only have to parse this to get the information you need.

HTH


Roger Allen

First of all: Skip CTime! COleDateTime will last for quite a while longer.

Then, formatting as regional settings can be done like this:
COleDateTime dt;
CString szDate;

szDate = dt.Format(VAR_DATEVALUEONLY , LANG_USER_DEFAULT);

// and the other way around

dt.ParseDateTime( szDate, VAR_DATEVALUEONLY, LANG_USER_DEFAULT );