SYSTEMTIME Structure

Type SYSTEMTIME
  wYear As Integer
  wMonth As Integer
  wDayOfWeek As Integer
  wDay As Integer
  wHour As Integer
  wMinute As Integer
  wSecond As Integer
  wMilliseconds As Integer
End Type

Description & Usage

The SYSTEMTIME structure holds a date and time in an easily usable format. The structure is able to hold times precise to the millisecond, even though that information may not always be used.

Sometimes, the SYSTEMTIME structure is used not to hold a "regular" date and time but to hold a shifting one (such as the 1^st Sunday in January or the 3^rd Thursday of June). When this is used (usually when holding information relating to a time zone), wYear is always 0. wDay specifies which day, ranging from 1 (1^st day) to 5 (5^th or last day). wDayOfWeek identifies the precise day of the week.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Data Members

wYear

The four-digit year.

wMonth

The number identifying the month (1 = January, 2 = February, etc.).

wDayOfWeek

The number identifying the day of the week (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc.).

wDay

The number of the day of the month.

wHour

The hour, in twenty-four hour format.

wMinute

The minutes.

wSecond

The seconds.

wMilliseconds

The milliseconds.

Used By:

FileTimeToSystemTime, GetDateFormat, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTime, GetTimeFormat, JOB_INFO_1, JOB_INFO_2, SetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION

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Last Modified: January 3, 2000
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