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Andy
Andy

Reputation: 30418

Parse a Date from a String in Win32

I have a string containing a date, and another string containing the date format of the first string. Is there a function that I can call to convert that date into something like a SYSTEMTIME structure? Basically, I'd like the opposite of GetDateFormat().

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5760

Answers (4)

Adam Davis
Adam Davis

Reputation: 93565

No, but you can write a function that will convert the date format string into a sscanf format string and series of variables. Then copy the data from the variables to the SYSTEMTIME structure and you're all set.

It's not trivial, but it is probably the most flexible arrangement if you must support many different date formats.

Upvotes: 2

Adam Rosenfield
Adam Rosenfield

Reputation: 400274

If you have a POSIX system, you can use the strptime() function. Unfortunately, MSVC 2005 does not seem to have this function in its C runtime; MinGW for Windows does.

Upvotes: 0

KPexEA
KPexEA

Reputation: 16778

In the source file Here.

I have a function that reads dates in a bunch of different formats, the function is called 

bool kGUIDate::Setz(const char *datestring)

It's a class that reads in the day / month / year and also handles hours / minutes / seconds.

The code is LGPL so feel free to copy it.

/* formats excepted are: */
/* yyyy-mm-dd */
/* Wdy, DD-Mon-YY HH:MM:SS GMT */
/* Wdy, D Mon YY HH:MM:SS GMT */

Upvotes: 0

Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams

Reputation: 68591

It doesn't do quite what you've described, but I'd start by using COleDateTime::ParseDateTime. It works with localized date-time formats.

Upvotes: 3

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