DTGetDateTime

Get the current date & time and return it as a formatted string as specified by the DateFormat parameter.

DTGetDateTime PROTO lpszDateTimeString:QWORD, DateFormat:QWORD

Parameters

• lpszDateTimeString - Pointer to a buffer to store the date & time string. The format of the date & time string is determined by the DateFormat parameter.

• DateFormat - Value indicating the date & time format to return in the buffer pointed to by lpszDateTimeString parameter. The parameter can contain one of the following constants as listed in the DateTime Formats page and as defined in the DateTime.inc include file.

Returns

Returns in RAX TRUE if succesful, or FALSE otherwise.

Notes

The user is responsible for ensuring the buffer pointed to by the lpszDateTimeString parameter is large enought to hold the date & time string value. Recommeneded minimum size for the buffer is 24 bytes long as defined by the DATETIME_STRING constant.

Example

.data
DateTimeStringValue db DATETIME_STRING dup (0) ; buffer to store date and time as string

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Invoke DTGetDateTime, Addr DateTimeStringValue, CCYYMMDDHHMMSS

See Also

DTDateFormat, DateTime Formats