Date and Time Tasks

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Use MFC classes for time and date data, or use alternatives such as C run-time functions or Win32 API functions. For more information about alternative support for time and date operations, see Time Management in the Run-Time Library Reference and Time in the Win32 Programmer's Reference.

CTime and CTimeSpan are for use in general situations. COleDateTime and COleDateTimeSpan are for use with Automation and with the MFC database classes.

What do you want to do?

Get the Time

• Get the current time with CTime
  
  
• Use SYSTEMTIME with CTime to work with the system time
  
  
• Get the current time with COleDateTime

Calculate Elapsed Time

• Calculate elapsed time with CTimeSpan
  
  
• Calculate elapsed time with COleDateTimeSpan

Format Time/Date Strings

• Format a string representation of a time or elapsed time
  
  
• Format a string representation of a time or elapsed time (Active technology)