[AccessD] Determining Regional Date Setting

Erwin:

What other short date formats might you expect to see besides mm/dd/yy and
dd/mm/yy?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Determining Regional Date Setting


> No...
> >>"One simple way would be to compare Datevalue("1/6/04") to
> >>Datevalue("6 Jan 04") and Datevalue("1 Jun 04")"
>
> The short for months can be different in other languages and your code
> will fail if a local language windows is used.
> Please find code example which should put you on the road.
> The API GetDateFormat is the way to go. It pretty simple.
> For total Api list visit the mentioned website to download the free API
> guide = good.
>
> Erwin
>
>
> Option Compare Database
> Private 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
> Private Declare Function GetDateFormat Lib "kernel32" Alias
> "GetDateFormatA" (ByVal Locale As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, lpDate As
> SYSTEMTIME, ByVal lpFormat As String, ByVal lpDateStr As String, ByVal
> cchDate As Long) As Long
> Public Sub testtt()
>     'KPD-Team 2000
>     'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
>     'E-Mail: KPDTeam at Allapi.net
>     Dim Buffer As String, ST As SYSTEMTIME
>     With ST
>         .wDay = 31
>         .wMonth = 8
>         .wYear = 2000
>     End With
>     Buffer = String(255, 0)
>     GetDateFormat ByVal 0&, 0, ST, vbNullString, Buffer, Len(Buffer)
>     Buffer = Left$(Buffer, InStr(1, Buffer, Chr$(0)) - 1)
>     MsgBox Buffer
> End Sub
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> McLachlan
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:24 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Determining Regional Date Setting
>
> On 2 May 2004 at 11:38, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
>
> > Dear list:
> >
> > Is there an easy way to determine if Windows is set to that 'other'
> date format (dd/mm/yy)?
> >
> That's only one of a large number of possible alternatives.
>
> Why do you want to know. Depending on that, there are a number of tricks
> you can use.
>
> One simple way would be to compare Datevalue("1/6/04") to
> Datevalue("6 Jan 04") and Datevalue("1 Jun 04") and see which matches.
>
> A more complicated, but also more versatile  way is to use a call to the
> GetDateFormat() API and see exactly what regional format is in use.
>
>
>
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