DosGetDateTime
DosGetDateTime gets the current date and time.
Syntax
DosGetDateTime ( pdtm )
Parameters
- pdtm - PDATETIME - input
- Pointer to a DATETIME structure where the date and time information is to be stored.
Returns
This function returns an APIRET with no values.
APIRET rc 0 NO_ERROR
Define (C/C++)
#define INCL_DOSDATETIME #include <os2.h>
Export name/Ordinal
DOSCALLS.DLL 230.
Gotchas
The sign of the time zone is opposed to that ordinary used. Ie GMT+1 (Western Europe) <=> -60
Sample Code
PDATETIME pdtm;
DATETIME dtm;
APIRET rc;
...
pdtm = &dtm;
rc = DosGetDateTime (pdtm);
#define INCL_DOSDATETIME
#include <os2.h>
#include <stdio.h> /* For printf */
DATETIME dt;
APIRET rc;
rc=DosGetDateTime(&dt); /* Get current time and date */
printf("The time is %d:%d:%d\n",
(short)dt.hours,
(short)dt.minutes,
(short)dt.seconds);