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Date Formatting

I have written a program in Visual C++ that has a DateTimePicker and a button.
When I click the button In want the date that has been selected in the DTPicker to
be shown in a message box in the format of dd/mm/yy.

I am new to VC++ and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Salte

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bkrahmer

AlexFM, you seem to have ignored Salte's statements about localization. The GetDateFormat function formats a date as a date string for a specified locale. Check that out.

brian

Salte

Anyway, if HotRod40 wants it in the specific format dd/mm/yy the method shown by AlexFM is one way to do it.

However, be aware that if your program is to be locale dependent you should NOT use that format. In that case the format should probably be "according to locale" and so you should rather use whatever format the locale tells you to use. MFC has functions to automatically format a time "according to locale" and you should most probably use those functions instead.

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