The following functions are used with system time.
Function | Description |
Retrieves the current system date and time in UTC format. | |
Determines whether the system is applying periodic time adjustments to its time-of-day clock. | |
GetTimeFormat | Formats a system time as a time string for a specified locale. |
Returns the system time. | |
Converts the specified local time to system time. | |
Converts the specified system time to the number of seconds since the first second of January 1, 1970. | |
Sets the current system time and date. | |
Enables or disables periodic time adjustments to the system's time-of-day clock. | |
Converts a system time to a file time. | |
Converts a UTC time to a specified time zone's corresponding local time. | |
Converts a local time to a UTC time. |
The following functions are used with local time.
Function | Description |
Converts a UTC file time to a local file time. | |
Retrieves the current time zone and dynamic daylight saving time settings. | |
Retrieves the current local date and time. | |
Retrieves the current time zone settings. | |
Retrieves the time zone settings for the specified year and time zone. | |
Converts the specified local time to system time. | |
Sets the current time zone and dynamic daylight saving time settings. | |
Sets the current local time and date. | |
Sets the current time zone settings. | |
Converts a UTC time to a specified time zone's corresponding local time. | |
Converts a local time to a UTC time. |
The following functions are used with file time.
Function | Description |
Compares two file times. | |
Converts a UTC file time to a local file time. | |
Converts a file time to system time format. | |
Retrieves the date and time that the specified file or directory was created, last accessed, and last modified. | |
Retrieves the current system date and time in UTC format. | |
Converts a local file time to a file time based on UTC. | |
Sets the date and time that the specified file or directory was created, last accessed, or last modified. | |
Converts a system time to a file time. |
The following functions are used with MS-DOS date and time.
Function | Description |
Converts MS-DOS date and time values to a file time. | |
Converts a file time to MS-DOS date and time values. |
The following functions are used with Windows time.
Function | Description |
Retrieves system timing information. | |
Retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started, up to 49.7 days. | |
Retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started. |
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