HOWTO: Changing LOCLAE_IDATE Programmatically (164946)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q164946

SUMMARY

SetLocaleInfo only accepts a sub-set of the locale types constants. SetLocaleInfo does not accept the locale types for dates (LOCALE_IDATE and LOCALE_ILDATE). You can set LOCALE_IDATE (or LOCALE_ILDATE) programmatically by setting LOCALE_SSHORTDATE (for LOCALE_ILDATE, LOCALE_SLONGDATE) appropriately. This will set LOCALE_IDATE automatically to match whatever format string you passed in. For example, if the current LOCALE_SDATE is "/", the current locale_IDATE is "0", and then you se LOCALE_SSHORTDATE to "d/m/yy" using SetLocaleInfo(), LOCALE_IDATE will automatically be set to "1".
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/11/2005
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