How can i retrive a Date and Time?

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Giap - 30 Jan 2005 07:18 GMT

i would like to use date and time to name as my file name..
But how can i retrieve a Date and Time??
For example, now is 30/1/05(dd:mm:yy) , 13.06.30(hh:mm:ss)
i would like to name my file as 050130130630.txt
So how can i do that?
Thks for helping

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William DePalo [MVP VC++] - 30 Jan 2005 14:57 GMT

> i would like to use date and time to name as my file name..
> But how can i retrieve a Date and Time??
> For example, now is 30/1/05(dd:mm:yy) , 13.06.30(hh:mm:ss)
> i would like to name my file as 050130130630.txt
> So how can i do that?

You can get the binary components of the time and date by calling
GetLocalTime() or GetSystemTime() if you want UTC.

It is for as simple a displayable format as you have, but you can use
GetDateFormat() and GetTimeFormat() to format the binary data.

Regards,
Will

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