Convert time_t to DATE

Note that I am not using MFC, so I don't think I can use COleDateTime.

Zaphod.

Try that

    DATE time_t_To_DATE(time_t t)
    {
         COleDateTime   cdt( t );
         return (DATE)cdt;
    }

Regards, Alex

Can I use that code in a non-MFC application? I tried including afxdisp.h but that gave me the error:

#error :  WINDOWS.H already included.  MFC apps must not #include <windows.h>

Zaphod.

>> Can I use that code in a non-MFC application?

I wouldn't do that as you would have to link against MFC libraries.

DATE is a double value that has the number of days since December, 30 1899  left of the decimal point and the fractional part is the hour values.

I'll check MFC sources if there is an easy way to convert these data types.

Regards, Alex

Ok, one step forwards, two backwards ... ;-)

const COleDateTime& COleDateTime::operator=(const time_t& timeSrc)
{
      // Convert time_t to struct tm
      tm *ptm = localtime(&timeSrc);

      if (ptm != NULL)
      {
            m_status = _AfxOleDateFromTm((WORD)(ptm->tm_year + 1900),
                  (WORD)(ptm->tm_mon + 1), (WORD)ptm->tm_mday,
                  (WORD)ptm->tm_hour, (WORD)ptm->tm_min,
                  (WORD)ptm->tm_sec, m_dt) ? valid : invalid;
      }
      else
      {
            // Local time must have failed (timsSrc before 1/1/70 12am)
            SetStatus(invalid);
            ASSERT(FALSE);
      }

      return *this;
}

And that:

AFX_STATIC BOOL AFXAPI _AfxOleDateFromTm(WORD wYear, WORD wMonth, WORD wDay,
      WORD wHour, WORD wMinute, WORD wSecond, DATE& dtDest)
{
      // Validate year and month (ignore day of week and milliseconds)
      if (wYear > 9999 || wMonth < 1 || wMonth > 12)
            return FALSE;

      //  Check for leap year and set the number of days in the month
      BOOL bLeapYear = ((wYear & 3) == 0) &&
            ((wYear % 100) != 0 || (wYear % 400) == 0);

      int nDaysInMonth =
            _afxMonthDays[wMonth] - _afxMonthDays[wMonth-1] +
            ((bLeapYear && wDay == 29 && wMonth == 2) ? 1 : 0);

      // Finish validating the date
      if (wDay < 1 || wDay > nDaysInMonth ||
            wHour > 23 || wMinute > 59 ||
            wSecond > 59)
      {
            return FALSE;
      }

      // Cache the date in days and time in fractional days
      long nDate;
      double dblTime;

      //It is a valid date; make Jan 1, 1AD be 1
      nDate = wYear*365L + wYear/4 - wYear/100 + wYear/400 +
            _afxMonthDays[wMonth-1] + wDay;

      //  If leap year and it's before March, subtract 1:
      if (wMonth <= 2 && bLeapYear)
            --nDate;

      //  Offset so that 12/30/1899 is 0
      nDate -= 693959L;

      dblTime = (((long)wHour * 3600L) +  // hrs in seconds
            ((long)wMinute * 60L) +  // mins in seconds
            ((long)wSecond)) / 86400.;

      dtDest = (double) nDate + ((nDate >= 0) ? dblTime : -dblTime);

      return TRUE;
}

Regards, Alex

Wow, that's quite a bit of code. If there is no built in function to do this (in the absence of MFC) would it not be easier to take the tm structure you obtained at the beginning and then manually populate a SYTEMTIME structure, which can then be passed into the SystemTimeToVariantTime function? This would be quite a bit simpler and easier to read. Of course, this approach didn't occur to me until I saw your code.

Zaphod.

If it works, it is good.

I assume they use the same code as above - stolen from the same AFX source ;-)

Regards, Alex

If you know that time_t is valid you could use that function:

DATE time_t_To_DATE(time_t timeSrc)
{    
    static int monthDays[] = { 0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334, 365 };
    // Convert time_t to struct tm
    tm* ptm = localtime(&timeSrc);
   
    int year   = (ptm->tm_year + 1900);
    int month  = (ptm->tm_mon + 1);
    int day    = ptm->tm_mday;
    int hour   = ptm->tm_hour;
    int minute = ptm->tm_min;
    int second = ptm->tm_sec;
    //  Check for leap year and set the number of days in the month
    BOOL bLeapYear = ((year & 3) == 0 && 
                      ((year % 100) != 0 || (year % 400) == 0));
   
    int nDaysInMonth = monthDays[month] - monthDays[month-1] +
        ((bLeapYear && day == 29 && month == 2) ? 1 : 0);
   
    // Cache the date in days and time in fractional days
    // Offset so that 12/30/1899 is 0
    long nDate= year*365L + year/4 - year/100 + year/400 +
                monthDays[month-1] + day - 693959L;  
   
    //  If leap year and it's before March, subtract 1:
    if (month <= 2 && bLeapYear)
        --nDate;
    return (double) nDate + (((long)hour * 3600L) +  // hrs in seconds
        ((long)minute * 60L) +  // mins in seconds
        ((long)second)) / 86400.;
}

But, the SystemTimeToVariantTime is a very good idea (though not from me).

Regards, Alex