VarFormatDateTime3w

Usage

Overview

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

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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".