GetLocalTime Function

Declare Sub GetLocalTime Lib "kernel32.dll" (lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME)

Platforms: Win 95/98, Win NT

GetLocalTime returns the system's time and date. The various features of the time and date (month, day, hour, minute, second, etc.), down to the millisecond, are sorted in the variable passed as lpSystemTime! Windows considers "local time" to be the system's current time.

lpSystemTime

Variable that receives the computer's date and time.

Example:

' Print the current date in mm-dd-yyyy format
Dim localtime As SYSTEMTIME  ' receives the computer's time and date

GetLocalTime localtime  ' read the computer's time and date
' Display the date
Debug.Print localtime.wMonth; "-"; localtime.wDay; "-"; localtime.wYear

See Also: GetSystemTime
Category: Time

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