NAME¶

VarFormatDateTime (OLEAUT32.97)

SYNOPSIS¶

HRESULT VarFormatDateTime
(
LPVARIANT pVarIn,
INT nFormat,
ULONG dwFlags,
BSTR* pbstrOut
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Format a variant value as a date and/or time.

PARAMS¶

pVarIn [In] Variant to format. nFormat [In] Format type (see notes). dwFlags [In] Flags for the format (VAR_ flags from "oleauto.h"). pbstrOut [Out] Destination for formatted string.

RETURNS¶

Success: S_OK. pbstrOut contains the formatted value. Failure: E_INVALIDARG, if any parameter is invalid. E_OUTOFMEMORY, if enough memory cannot be allocated. DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH, if the variant cannot be formatted.

NOTES¶

This function uses LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT when determining the date format characters to use. Possible values for the nFormat parameter are:
Value Meaning
----- -------
0 General date format
1 Long date format
2 Short date format
3 Long time format
4 Short time format

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "oleauto.h". Implemented in "dlls/oleaut32/varformat.c". Debug channel "variant".