Date and Time Procedures

Assorted date and time procedures.

Include File: AfxTime.inc.

Name Description
AfxAstroDay Returns the Astronomical Day for any given date.
AfxAstroDayOfWeek Calculates the day of the week, Sunday through Monday, of a given date.
AfxDateAddDays Adds the specified number of days to a given date.
AfxDateDiff Calculates the days of difference between two dates.
AfxDayOfYear Returns the day of the year, where Jan 1 is the first day of the year.
AfxDaysBetween Returns the number of days between two given dates.
AfxDaysInMonth Returns the number of days in the specified month/year.
AfxDaysInYear Returns the number of days in the specified year.
AfxFileTimeToDateStr Converts a FILETIME type to a string containing the date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".
AfxFileTimeToTime64 Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.
AfxFileTimeToTimeStr Converts a FILETIME type to a string containing the time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".
AfxGmtTime64 Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.
AfxGregorianToJulian Converts a Gregorian date to a Julian date. The year must be a 4 digit year.
AfxIsFirstDayOfMonth Returns TRUE if today is the first day of the month; False, otherwise.
AfxIsLastDayOfMonth Returns TRUE if today is the last day of the month; False, otherwise.
AfxIsLeapYear Determines if a given year is a leap year or not.
AfxIsValidFILETIME Checks if a FILETIME is valid.
AfxJulianDayOfWeek Given a Julian date, returns the day of week.
AfxJulianToGregorian Converts a Julian date to a Gregorian date.
AfxJulianToGregorianStr Converts a Julian date to a Gregorian date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".
AfxLocalDateStr Retuns the current local date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".
AfxLocalDay Returns the current local day. The valid values are 1 through 31.
AfxLocalDayName Returns the localized name of today.
AfxLocalDayOfWeek Returns the current day of week. It is a numeric value in the range of 0-6 representing Sunday through Saturday: 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc.
AfxLocalDayOfWeekName Returns the localized name of the day of the week.
AfxLocalDayOfWeekShortName Returns the localized short name of the day of the week.
AfxLocalDayShortName Returns the localized short name of today.
AfxLocalFileTime Returns the current local time as a FILETIME structure.
AfxLocalHour Returns the current local hour. The valid values are 0 through 23.
AfxLocalMonth Returns the current local month. The valid values are 1 thorugh 12 (1 = January, etc.).
AfxLocalMonthName Returns the localized name of today's local month.
AfxLocalShortMonthName Returns the localized short name of today's local month.
AfxLocalSystemTime Returns the current local time as a SYSTEMTIME structure.
AfxLocalTime64 Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.
AfxLocalTimeStr Retuns the current local time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".
AfxLocalVariantTime Returns the local date and time as a DATE_ (double).
AfxLocalYear Returns the current local year. The valid values are 1601 through 30827.
AfxLongDate Returns the current date in long format.
AfxMakeTime64 Converts the local time to a calendar value.
AfxMonthName Returns the localized name of the specified month.
AfxQuadDateTime Returns the current date and time as a QUAD (8 bytes). In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.
AfxQuadDateToStr Converts a date stored in a QUAD into a formatted date string. For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94" use the following picture string: "ddd',' MMM dd yy". In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.
AfxQuadTimeToStr Converts a time stored in a QUAD into a formatted time string. For example, get the time string "11:29:40 PM" use the following picture string: "hh':'mm':'ss tt". In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.
AfxShortDate Returns the current date in short format.
AfxShortMonthName Returns the localized short name of the specified month.
AfxSystemDay Returns the current system day. The valid values are 1 through 31.
AfxSystemDayName Returns the localized name of today.
AfxSystemDayOfWeek Returns the current day of week. It is a numeric value in the range of 0-6 representing Sunday through Saturday: 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc.
AfxSystemDayShortName Returns the localized short name of today.
AfxSystemFileTime Returns the current system time as a FILETIME structure.
AfxSystemHour Returns the current system hour. The valid values are 0 through 23.
AfxSystemMonth Returns the current system month. The valid values are 1 thorugh 12 (1 = January, etc.).
AfxSystemMonthName Returns the localized name of today's system month.
AfxSystemShortMonthName Returns the localized short name of today's system month.
AfxSystemSystemTime Returns the current system time as a SYSTEMTIME structure.
AfxSystemTimeToTime64 Converts a system time to a __time64_t (LONGLONG).
AfxSystemTimeToDateStr Converts a SYSTEMTIME type to a string containing the date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".
AfxSystemTimeToTimeStr Converts a SYSTEMTIME type to a string containing the time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".
AfxSystemTimeToVariantTime Converts a SYSTEMTIME to a DATE_ (double).
AfxSystemYear Returns the current system year. The valid values are 1601 through 30827.
AfxTime64 Returns the time as seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1, 1970.
AfxTime64ToFileTime Converts a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value to a FILETIME structure.
AfxTime64ToSystemTime Converts a __time64_t (LONGLONG) to a SYSTEMTIME structure.
AfxTimeZoneBias Current bias for local time translation. The bias is the difference between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local time. All translations between UTC and local time are based on the following formula: UTC = local time + bias. Units = minutes.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightBias Bias value to be used during local time translations that occur during daylight saving time. This property is ignored if a value for the DaylightDay property is not supplied. The value of this property is added to the Bias property to form the bias used during daylight time. In most time zones, the value of this property is -60. Units = minutes.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightDay DaylightDayOfWeek of the DaylightMonth when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on this operating system.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightDayOfWeek Day of the week when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightHour Hour of the day when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightMinute Minute of of the DaylightHour when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightMonth Month when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneDaylightName A description for daylight saving time. For example, "EST" could indicate Eastern Standard Time. This string can be empty.
AfxTimeZoneId Returns the time zone identifier.
AfxTimeZoneIsDaylightSavingTime Indicates whether the the system is operating in the range covered by the DaylightDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.
AfxTimeZoneIsStandardSavingTime Indicates whether the the system is operating in the range covered by the StandardDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.
AfxTimeZoneStandardDay StandardDayOfWeek of the StandardMonth when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneStandardDayOfWeek Day of the week when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneStandardHour Hour of the day when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneStandardMinute Minute of of the StandardHour when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneStandardMonth Month when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.
AfxTimeZoneStandardName A description for standard time. For example, "EST" could indicate Eastern Standard Time. This string can be empty.
AfxVariantDateTimeToStr Converts a DATE_ type to a string.
AfxVariantDateToStr Converts a DATE_ type to a string containing only the date.
AfxVariantTimeToStr Converts a DATE_ type to a string containing only the time.
AfxVariantTimeToSystemTime Converts a DATE_ (double) to a SYSTEMTIME.
AfxWeekNumber Returns the week number for a given date. The year must be a 4 digit year.
AfxWeekOne Returns the first day of the first week of a year. The year must be a 4 digit year.
AfxWeeksInMonth Returns the number of weeks in the specified month. Will be 4 or 5.
AfxWeeksInYear Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Monday. Will be 52 or 53.

AfxAstroDay

Returns the Astronomical Day for any given date.

FUNCTION AfxAstroDay (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

The astronomical day.

Remarks

Among other things, can be used to find the number of days between any two dates, e.g.:

PRINT AfxAstroDay(1, 3, -12400) - AfxAstroDay(28, 2, -12400)  ' Prints 2
PRINT AfxAstroDay(1, 3, 12000) - AfxAstroDay(28, 2, -12000)  ' Prints 8765822
PRINT AfxAstroDay(28, 2, 1902) - AfxAstroDay(1, 3, 1898)  ' Prints 1459 days

AfxAstroDayOfWeek

Calculates the day of the week, Sunday through Monday, of a given date.

FUNCTION AfxAstroDayOfWeek (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

A number between 0-6, where 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, 3 = Wednesday, 4 = Thursday, 5 = Friday, 6 = Saturday.

AfxDateAddDays

Adds the specified number of days to a given date.

FUNCTION AfxDateAddDays (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG, _
   BYVAL nDays AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.
nDays The number of days to add (or subtract, if it is negative).

Return value

The new date in Julian format. To convert it to Gregorian, call functions such AfxJulianToGregorian or AfxJulianToGregorianStr.

AfxDateDiff

Calculates the days of difference between two dates.

FUNCTION AfxDateDiff (BYVAL nDay1 AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth1 AS LONG, BYVAL nYear1 AS LONG, _
   BYVAL nDay2 AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth2 AS LONG, BYVAL nYear2 AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay1 A day number (1-31).
nMonth1 A month number (1-12).
nYear1 A four digit year.
nDay2 A day number (1-31).
nMonth2 A month number (1-12).
nYear2 A four digit year.

Return value

The days of difference between the two dates.

AfxDayOfYear

Returns the day of the year, where Jan 1 is the first day of the year.

FUNCTION AfxDayOfYear (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

The day of the year.

AfxDaysBetween

Returns the number of days between two given dates.

FUNCTION AfxDaysBetween (BYVAL nDay1 AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth1 AS LONG, BYVAL nYear1 AS LONG, _
   BYVAL nDay2 AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth2 AS LONG, BYVAL nYear2 AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay1 A day number (1-31).
nMonth1 A month number (1-12).
nYear1 A four digit year.
nDay2 A day number (1-31).
nMonth2 A month number (1-12).
nYear2 A four digit year.

Return value

The number of days.

AfxDaysInMonth

Returns the number of days in the specified month/year.

FUNCTION AfxDaysInMonth (BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nMonth A month ordinal number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

The number of days in the specified month/year.

AfxDaysInYear

Returns the number of days in the specified year.

FUNCTION AfxDaysInYear (BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

The number of days: 365 (not leap year) or 366 (leap year).

AfxFileTimeToDateStr

Converts a FILETIME type to a string containing the date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".

FUNCTION AfxFileTimeToDateStr (BYREF ft AS FILETIME, BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
ft A FILETIME structure.
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the date.
The format types "d", and "y" must be lowercase and the letter "M" must be uppercase.
For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94", the application uses the picture string "ddd',' MMM dd yy".
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

The following table defines the format types used to represent days.

Format type Meaning
d Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit days.
dd Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit days.
ddd Abbreviated day of the week, for example, "Mon" in English (United States).
dddd Day of the week.

The following table defines the format types used to represent months.

Format type Meaning
M Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months.
MM Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months.
MMM Abbreviated month, for example, "Nov" in English (United States).
MMMM Month value, for example, "November" for English (United States), and "Noviembre" for Spanish (Spain).

The following table defines the format types used to represent years.

Format type Meaning
y Year represented only by the last digit.
yy Year represented only by the last two digits. A leading zero is added for single-digit years.
yyyy Year represented by a full four or five digits, depending on the calendar used. Thai Buddhist and Korean calendars have five-digit years. The "yyyy" pattern shows five digits for these two calendars, and four digits for all other supported calendars. Calendars that have single-digit or two-digit years, such as for the Japanese Emperor era, are represented differently. A single-digit year is represented with a leading zero, for example, "03". A two-digit year is represented with two digits, for example, "13". No additional leading zeros are displayed.
yyyyy Behaves identically to "yyyy".

Return value

The formatted date.

AfxFileTimeToTime64

Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.

FUNCTION AfxFileTimeToTime64 (BYREF ft AS FILETIME) AS LONGLONG
Parameter Description
ft A FILETIME structure.

Return value

The converted time.

AfxFileTimeToTimeStr

Converts a FILETIME type to a string containing the time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".

FUNCTION AfxFileTimeToTimeStr (BYREF ft AS FILETIME, BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
ft A FILETIME structure.
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

The application can use the following elements to construct a format picture string. If spaces are used to separate the elements in the format string, these spaces appear in the same location in the output string. The letters must be in uppercase or lowercase as shown, for example, "ss", not "SS". Characters in the format string that are enclosed in single quotation marks appear in the same location and unchanged in the output string.

Picture Meaning
h Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
hh Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
H Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
HH Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
m Minutes with no leading zero for single-digit minutes
mm Minutes with leading zero for single-digit minutes
s Seconds with no leading zero for single-digit seconds
ss Seconds with leading zero for single-digit seconds
t One character time marker string, such as A or P
tt Multi-character time marker string, such as AM or PM

Return value

The formatted time.

AfxGmtTime64

Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.

FUNCTION AfxGmtTime64 (BYVAL t64 AS LONGLONG) AS tm
Parameter Description
t64 A __time64_t (LONGLONG) value. The time is represented as seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time (UTC).

Return value

Returns a tm structure. The fields of the returned structure hold the evaluated value of the time argument in UTC rather than in local time.

The fields of the structure type tm store the following values, each of which is an int:

tm_sec : Seconds after minute (0 – 59).
tm_min : Minutes after hour (0 – 59).
tm_hour : Hours after midnight (0 – 23).
tm_mday : Day of month (1 – 31).
tm_mon : Month (0 – 11; January = 0).
tm_year : Year (current year minus 1900).
tm_wday : Day of week (0 – 6; Sunday = 0).
tm_yday : Day of year (0 – 365; January 1 = 0).
tm_isdst : Positive value if daylight saving time is in effect; 0 if daylight saving time is not in effect; negative value if status of daylight saving time is unknown.

Remarks

Replacement for _gmtime64, not available in msvcrt.dll.

AfxGregorianToJulian

Converts a Gregorian date to a Julian date. The year must be a 4 digit year.

FUNCTION AfxGregorianToJulian (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

Return value

The converted date.

AfxIsFirstDayOfMonth

Returns TRUE if today is the first day of the month; False, otherwise.

FUNCTION AfxIsFirstDayOfMonth () AS BOOLEAN

AfxIsLastDayOfMonth

Returns TRUE if today is the last day of the month; False, otherwise.

FUNCTION AfxIsLastDayOfMonth () AS BOOLEAN

AfxIsLeapYear

Determines if a given year is a leap year or not.

FUNCTION AfxIsLeapYear (BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nYear A four digit year.

AfxIsValidFILETIME

Checks if a FILETIME is valid.

FUNCTION AfxIsValidFILETIME (BYREF ft AS FILETIME) AS BOOLEAN
Parameter Description
ft The FILETIME structure to check.

AfxJulianDayOfWeek

Given a Julian date, returns the day of week.

FUNCTION AfxJulianDayOfWeek (BYVAL nJulian AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nJulian The Julian date.

Return value

A number between 0-6, where 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, 3 = Wednesday, 4 = Thursday, 5 = Friday, 6 = Saturday.

AfxJulianToGregorian

Converts a Julian date to a Gregorian date.

FUNCTION AfxJulianToGregorian (BYVAL nJulian AS LONG, BYVAL nDay AS LONG, _
   BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nJulian The Julian date.
nDay Out. The day (1-31).
nMonth Out. The month (1-12).
nYear Out. The four digit year.

AfxJulianToGregorianStr

Converts a Julian date to a Gregorian date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".

FUNCTION AfxJulianToGregorianStr (BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, BYVAL nJulian AS LONG) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the date.
The format types "d", and "y" must be lowercase and the letter "M" must be uppercase.
For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94", the application uses the picture string "ddd',' MMM dd yy".
nJulian The Julian date.

The following table defines the format types used to represent days.

Format type Meaning
d Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit days.
dd Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit days.
ddd Abbreviated day of the week, for example, "Mon" in English (United States).
dddd Day of the week.

The following table defines the format types used to represent months.

Format type Meaning
M Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months.
MM Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months.
MMM Abbreviated month, for example, "Nov" in English (United States).
MMMM Month value, for example, "November" for English (United States), and "Noviembre" for Spanish (Spain).

The following table defines the format types used to represent years.

Format type Meaning
y Year represented only by the last digit.
yy Year represented only by the last two digits. A leading zero is added for single-digit years.
yyyy Year represented by a full four or five digits, depending on the calendar used. Thai Buddhist and Korean calendars have five-digit years. The "yyyy" pattern shows five digits for these two calendars, and four digits for all other supported calendars. Calendars that have single-digit or two-digit years, such as for the Japanese Emperor era, are represented differently. A single-digit year is represented with a leading zero, for example, "03". A two-digit year is represented with two digits, for example, "13". No additional leading zeros are displayed.
yyyyy Behaves identically to "yyyy".

Return value

The formatted date.

AfxLocalDateStr

Retuns the current local date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".

FUNCTION AfxLocalDateStr (BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the date.
The format types "d", and "y" must be lowercase and the letter "M" must be uppercase.
For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94", the application uses the picture string "ddd',' MMM dd yy".
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

The following table defines the format types used to represent days.

Format type Meaning
d Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit days.
dd Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit days.
ddd Abbreviated day of the week, for example, "Mon" in English (United States).
dddd Day of the week.

The following table defines the format types used to represent months.

Format type Meaning
M Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months.
MM Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months.
MMM Abbreviated month, for example, "Nov" in English (United States).
MMMM Month value, for example, "November" for English (United States), and "Noviembre" for Spanish (Spain).

The following table defines the format types used to represent years.

Format type Meaning
y Year represented only by the last digit.
yy Year represented only by the last two digits. A leading zero is added for single-digit years.
yyyy Year represented by a full four or five digits, depending on the calendar used. Thai Buddhist and Korean calendars have five-digit years. The "yyyy" pattern shows five digits for these two calendars, and four digits for all other supported calendars. Calendars that have single-digit or two-digit years, such as for the Japanese Emperor era, are represented differently. A single-digit year is represented with a leading zero, for example, "03". A two-digit year is represented with two digits, for example, "13". No additional leading zeros are displayed.
yyyyy Behaves identically to "yyyy".

Return value

The current local date in string format.

AfxLocalDay

Returns the current local day. The valid values are 1 through 31.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDay () AS WORD

AfxLocalDayName

Returns the current local day. The valid values are 1 through 31.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDayName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxLocalDayOfWeek

Returns the current day of week. It is a numeric value in the range of 0-6 representing Sunday through Saturday: 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDayOfWeek () AS WORD

AfxLocalDayOfWeekName

Returns the localized name of the day of the week.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDayOfWeekName (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
nDay A number between 1-31.
nMonth A number between 1-12.
nYear A four digit year, e.g. 2011.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxLocalDayOfWeekShortName

Returns the localized short name of the day of the week.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDayOfWeekShortName (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, _
   BYVAL nYear AS LONG, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
nDay A number between 1-31.
nMonth A number between 1-12.
nYear A four digit year, e.g. 2011.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxLocalDayShortName

Returns the localized short name of today.

FUNCTION AfxLocalDayShortName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR

AfxLocalFileTime

Returns the current local time as a FILETIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxLocalFileTime () AS FILETIME

AfxLocalHour

Returns the current local hour. The valid values are 0 through 23.

FUNCTION AfxLocalHour () AS WORD

AfxLocalMonth

Returns the current local month. The valid values are 1 thorugh 12 (1 = January, etc.).

FUNCTION AfxLocalMonth () AS WORD

AfxLocalMonthName

Returns the localized name of today's local month.

FUNCTION AfxLocalMonthName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxLocalShortMonthName

Returns the localized short name of today's local month.

FUNCTION AfxLocalShortMonthName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxLocalSystemTime

Returns the current local time as a SYSTEMTIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxLocalSystemTime () AS SYSTEMTIME

AfxLocalTime64

Converts a FILETIME to a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.

FUNCTION AfxLocalTime64 (BYVAL t64 AS LONGLONG) AS tm
Parameter Description
t64 A __time64_t (LONGLONG) value. The time is represented as seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time (UTC).

Return value

Returns a tm structure. The fields of the returned structure hold the evaluated value of the time argument in UTC rather than in local time.

AfxLocalTimeStr

Retuns the current local time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".

FUNCTION AfxLocalTimeStr (BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Picture string used to form the time.

Picture Meaning
h Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
hh Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
H Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
HH Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
m Minutes with no leading zero for single-digit minutes
mm Minutes with leading zero for single-digit minutes
s Seconds with no leading zero for single-digit seconds
ss Seconds with leading zero for single-digit seconds
t One character time marker string, such as A or P
tt Multi-character time marker string, such as AM or PM

Return value

The formatted time.

AfxLocalVariantTime

Returns the local date and time as a DATE_ (double).

FUNCTION AfxLocalVariantTime () AS DATE_

AfxLocalYear

Returns the current local year. The valid values are 1601 through 30827.

FUNCTION AfxLocalYear () AS WORD

AfxLongDate

Returns the current date in long format.

FUNCTION AfxLongDate (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxMakeTime64

Converts the local time to a calendar value.

FUNCTION AfxMakeTime64 (BYREF _tm AS tm) AS LONGLONG
Parameter Description
tm A tm structure.

The fields of the structure type tm store the following values, each of which is an int:

tm_sec : Seconds after minute (0 – 59).
tm_min : Minutes after hour (0 – 59).
tm_hour : Hours after midnight (0 – 23).
tm_mday : Day of month (1 – 31).
tm_mon : Month (0 – 11; January = 0).
tm_year : Year (current year minus 1900).
tm_wday : Day of week (0 – 6; Sunday = 0).
tm_yday : Day of year (0 – 365; January 1 = 0).
tm_isdst : Positive value if daylight saving time is in effect; 0 if daylight saving time is not in effect; negative value if status of daylight saving time is unknown.

Return value

The converted time.

AfxMonthName

Returns the localized name of the specified month.

FUNCTION AfxMonthName (BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
nMonth Valid values are between 1 and 12.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxQuadDateTime

Returns the current date and time as a QUAD (8 bytes). In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.

FUNCTION AfxQuadDateTime () AS ULONGLONG

AfxQuadDateToStr

Converts a date stored in a QUAD into a formatted date string. For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94" use the following picture string: "ddd',' MMM dd yy". In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.

FUNCTION AfxQuadDateToStr (BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, BYVAL ullTime AS ULONGLONG, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the date.
The format types "d", and "y" must be lowercase and the letter "M" must be uppercase.
For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94", the application uses the picture string "ddd',' MMM dd yy".
ullTime The datetime variable.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Return value

The formatted date.

AfxQuadTimeToStr

Converts a time stored in a QUAD into a formatted time string. For example, get the time string "11:29:40 PM" use the following picture string: "hh':'mm':'ss tt". In Free Basic, a QUAD is an ULONGLONG.

FUNCTION AfxQuadTimeToStr (BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, BYVAL ullTime AS ULONGLONG, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the time.
ullTime The datetime variable.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Picture string used to form the time.

Picture Meaning
h Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
hh Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
H Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
HH Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
m Minutes with no leading zero for single-digit minutes
mm Minutes with leading zero for single-digit minutes
s Seconds with no leading zero for single-digit seconds
ss Seconds with leading zero for single-digit seconds
t One character time marker string, such as A or P
tt Multi-character time marker string, such as AM or PM

Return value

The formatted time.

AfxShortDate

Returns the current date in short format.

FUNCTION AfxShortDate (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxShortMonthName

Returns the localized short name of the specified month.

FUNCTION AfxShortMonthName (BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
nMonth Valid values are between 1 and 12.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxSystemDay

Returns the current system day. The valid values are 1 through 31.

FUNCTION AfxSystemDay () AS WORD

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxSystemDayName

Returns the localized name of today.

FUNCTION AfxSystemDayName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxSystemDayOfWeek

Returns the current day of week. It is a numeric value in the range of 0-6 representing Sunday through Saturday: 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc.

FUNCTION AfxSystemDayOfWeek () AS WORD

AfxSystemDayShortName

Returns the localized short name of today.

FUNCTION AfxSystemDayShortName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxSystemFileTime

Returns the current system time as a FILETIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxSystemFileTime () AS FILETIME

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxSystemHour

Returns the current system hour. The valid values are 0 through 23.

FUNCTION AfxSystemHour () AS WORD

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxSystemMonth

Returns the current system month. The valid values are 1 thorugh 12 (1 = January, etc.).

FUNCTION AfxSystemMonth () AS WORD

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxSystemMonthName

Returns the localized name of today's system month.

FUNCTION AfxSystemMonthName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxSystemShortMonthName

Returns the localized short name of today's system month.

FUNCTION AfxSystemShortMonthName (BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

AfxSystemSystemTime

Returns the current system time as a SYSTEMTIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxSystemSystemTime () AS SYSTEMTIME

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxSystemTimeToTime64

Converts a system time to a __time64_t (LONGLONG).

FUNCTION AfxSystemTimeToTime64 (BYREF st AS SYSTEMTIME) AS LONGLONG
Parameter Description
st A SYSTEMTIME structure.

Remarks

The converted time.

AfxSystemTimeToDateStr

Converts a SYSTEMTIME type to a string containing the date based on the specified mask, e.g. "dd-MM-yyyy".

FUNCTION AfxSystemTimeToDateStr (BYREF st AS SYSTEMTIME, BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
st A SYSTEMTIME structure.
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the date.
The format types "d", and "y" must be lowercase and the letter "M" must be uppercase.
For example, to get the date string "Wed, Aug 31 94", the application uses the picture string "ddd', ' MMM dd yy".
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

The following table defines the format types used to represent days.

Format type Meaning
d Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit days.
dd Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit days.
ddd Abbreviated day of the week, for example, "Mon" in English (United States).
dddd Day of the week.

The following table defines the format types used to represent months.

Format type Meaning
M Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months.
MM Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months.
MMM Abbreviated month, for example, "Nov" in English (United States).
MMMM Month value, for example, "November" for English (United States), and "Noviembre" for Spanish (Spain).

The following table defines the format types used to represent years.

Format type Meaning
y Year represented only by the last digit.
yy Year represented only by the last two digits. A leading zero is added for single-digit years.
yyyy Year represented by a full four or five digits, depending on the calendar used. Thai Buddhist and Korean calendars have five-digit years. The "yyyy" pattern shows five digits for these two calendars, and four digits for all other supported calendars. Calendars that have single-digit or two-digit years, such as for the Japanese Emperor era, are represented differently. A single-digit year is represented with a leading zero, for example, "03". A two-digit year is represented with two digits, for example, "13". No additional leading zeros are displayed.
yyyyy Behaves identically to "yyyy".

Remarks

The formatted date.

AfxSystemTimeToTimeStr

Converts a SYSTEMTIME type to a string containing the time based on the specified mask, e.g. "hh':'mm':'ss".

FUNCTION AfxSystemTimeToTimeStr (BYREF st AS SYSTEMTIME, BYREF wszMask AS WSTRING, _
   BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
st A SYSTEMTIME structure.
wszMask A picture string that is used to form the time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Picture string used to form the time.

Picture Meaning
h Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
hh Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock
H Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
HH Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock
m Minutes with no leading zero for single-digit minutes
mm Minutes with leading zero for single-digit minutes
s Seconds with no leading zero for single-digit seconds
ss Seconds with leading zero for single-digit seconds
t One character time marker string, such as A or P
tt Multi-character time marker string, such as AM or PM

Return value

The formatted time.

AfxSystemTimeToVariantTime

Converts a SYSTEMTIME to a DATE_ (double).

FUNCTION AfxSystemTimeToVariantTime (BYREF ST AS SYSTEMTIME) AS DATE_
Parameter Description
st A SYSTEMTIME structure.

Return value

The date and time in DATE_ format.

AfxSystemYear

Returns the current system year. The valid values are 1601 through 30827.

FUNCTION AfxSystemYear () AS WORD

Remarks

The system time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AfxTime64

Returns the time as seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1, 1970.

FUNCTION AfxTime64 () AS LONGLONG

Return value

The current system time as a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value.

Remarks

Replacement for _time64, not available in msvcrt.dll.

AfxTime64ToFileTime

Converts a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value to a FILETIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxTime64ToFileTime (BYVAL t64 AS LONGLONG) AS FILETIME
Parameter Description
t64 A __time64_t (LONGLONG) value. The time is represented as seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time (UTC).

Return value

The converted time value as FILETIME structure.

AfxTime64ToSystemTime

Converts a __time64_t (LONGLONG) value to a SYSTEMTIME structure.

FUNCTION AfxTime64ToSystemTime (BYVAL t64 AS LONGLONG) AS SYSTEMTIME
Parameter Description
t64 A __time64_t (LONGLONG) value. The time is represented as seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time (UTC).

Return value

The converted time value as SYSTEMTIME structure.

AfxTimeZoneBias

Returns the current bias for local time translation. The bias is the difference between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local time. All translations between UTC and local time are based on the following formula: UTC = local time + bias. Units = minutes.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneBias () AS LONG

AfxTimeZoneDaylightBias

Returns the bias value to be used during local time translations that occur during daylight saving time. This property is ignored if a value for the DaylightDay property is not supplied. The value of this property is added to the Bias property to form the bias used during daylight time. In most time zones, the value of this property is -60. Units = minutes.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightBias () AS LONG

AfxTimeZoneDaylightDay

Returns the DaylightDayOfWeek of the DaylightMonth when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on this operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightDay () AS WORD

Example: If the transition day (DaylightDayOfWeek) occurs on a Sunday, then the value "1" indicates the first Sunday of the DaylightMonth, "2" indicates the second Sunday, and so on. The value "5" indicates the last DaylightDayOfWeek in the month.

AfxTimeZoneDaylightDayOfWeek

Day of the week when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightDayOfWeek () AS WORD

Return value

The day of the week when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system. 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, and so on.

AfxTimeZoneDaylightHour

Hour of the day when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightHour () AS WORD

AfxTimeZoneDaylightMinute

Minute of the DaylightHour when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightMinute () AS WORD

AfxTimeZoneDaylightMonth

Month when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightMonth () AS WORD

Return value

The month when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system. 1 = January, 2 = February, and so on.

AfxTimeZoneId

Returns the time zone identifier.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneId () AS DWORD

Return value

Value Description
TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN (0) Daylight saving time is not used in the current time zone, because there are no transition dates or automatic adjustment for daylight saving time is disabled.
TIME_ZONE_ID_STANDARD (1) The system is operating in the range covered by the StandardDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.
TIME_ZONE_ID_DAYLIGHT (2) The system is operating in the range covered by the DaylightDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.

If the function fails for other reasons, such as an out of memory error, it returns TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

AfxTimeZoneDaylightName

Returns a description for daylight saving time. For example, "EST" could indicate Eastern Standard Time. This string can be empty.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneDaylightName () AS CWSTR

AfxTimeZoneIsDaylightSavingTime

Indicates whether the the system is operating in the range covered by the DaylightDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneIsDaylightSavingTime () AS BOOLEAN

Return value

TRUE or FALSE.

AfxTimeZoneIsStandardSavingTime

Indicates whether the the system is operating in the range covered by the StandardDate member of the TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneIsStandardSavingTime () AS BOOLEAN

Return value

TRUE or FALSE.

AfxTimeZoneStandardDay

Returns the StandardDayOfWeek of the StandardMonth when the transition from daylight saving to standard time occurs on this operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardDay () AS WORD

Example: If the transition day (StandardDayOfWeek) occurs on a Sunday, then the value "1" indicates the first Sunday of the StandardMonth, "2" indicates the second Sunday, and so on. The value "5" indicates the last StandardDayOfWeek in the month.

AfxTimeZoneStandardDayOfWeek

Day of the week when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardDayOfWeek () AS WORD

Return value

The day of the week when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system. 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, and so on.

AfxTimeZoneStandardHour

Hour of the day when the transition from daylight time saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardHour () AS WORD

AfxTimeZoneStandardMinute

Minute of the StandardHour when the transition from standard time to daylight saving time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardMinute () AS WORD

AfxTimeZoneStandardMonth

Month when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardMonth () AS WORD

Return value

The month when the transition from daylight saving time to standard time occurs on an operating system. 1 = January, 2 = February, and so on.

AfxTimeZoneStandardName

Returns a description for standard time. For example, "EST" could indicate Eastern Standard Time. This string can be empty.

FUNCTION AfxTimeZoneStandardName () AS CWSTR

AfxVariantDateTimeToStr

Converts a DATE_ type to a string.

FUNCTION AfxVariantDateTimeToStr (BYVAL vbDate AS DATE_, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, _
   BYVAL dwFlags AS DWORD = 0) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
vbDate A variant representation of time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.
dwFlags Optional. A value made from one or more flags. The following table shows the flags that can be set for this parameter.
Flag Description
LOCALE_NOUSEROVERRIDE Uses the system default locale settings, rather than custom locale settings.
VAR_CALENDAR_HJRI If set then the Hijri calendar is used. Otherwise the calendar sent in Control Panel is used.
VAR_DATEVALUEONLY Omits the time portion of a VT_DATE and retrieves only the date.
Applies to conversions to or from dates.
Not used for ChangeType and ChangeTypeEx.
VAR_TIMEVALUEONLY Omits the date portion of a VT_DATE and returns only the time. Applies to conversions to or from dates. Not used for ChangeType and ChangeTypeEx.

Return value

The formatted date and time.

AfxVariantDateToStr

Converts a DATE_ type to a string containing only the date

FUNCTION AfxVariantDateToStr (BYVAL vbDate AS DATE_, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
vbDate A variant representation of time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Return value

The formatted date.

AfxVariantTimeToStr

Converts a DATE_ type to a string containing only the time.

FUNCTION AfxVariantTimeToStr (BYVAL vbDate AS DATE_, BYVAL lcid AS LCID = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT) AS CWSTR
Parameter Description
vbDate A variant representation of time.
lcid Optional. The language identifier used for the conversion. Default is LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT.

Return value

The formatted time.

AfxVariantTimeToSystemTime

Converts a DATE_ (double) to a SYSTEMTIME.

FUNCTION AfxVariantTimeToSystemTime (BYVAL dt AS DATE_) AS SYSTEMTIME
Parameter Description
dt The DATE_ value.

Return value

The date and time in SYSTEMTIME format.

AfxWeekNumber

Returns the week number for a given date. The year must be a 4 digit year.

FUNCTION AfxWeekNumber (BYVAL nDay AS LONG, BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nDay A day number (1-31).
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

AfxWeekOne

Returns the first day of the first week of a year. The year must be a 4 digit year.

FUNCTION AfxWeekOne (BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nYear A four digit year.

AfxWeeksInMonth

Returns the number of weeks in the specified month. Will be 4 or 5.

FUNCTION AfxWeeksInMonth (BYVAL nMonth AS LONG, BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nMonth A month number (1-12).
nYear A four digit year.

AfxWeeksInYear

Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Monday. Will be 52 or 53.

FUNCTION AfxWeeksInYear (BYVAL nYear AS LONG) AS LONG
Parameter Description
nYear A four digit year.