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BUG: Format("%D") Fails for COleDateTime and COleDateTimeSpan

Article ID: 167338

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006


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This article was previously published under Q167338

SYMPTOMS

COleDateTime::Format("%D") fails to return the day in the object.

COleDateTimeSpan::Format("%D") fails to return the total days.

RESOLUTION

Instead of using Format use COleDateTime::GetDay() or COleDateTimeSpan::GetDays() to get the day value and use CString::Format to put it into a CString. The sample code below illustrates this using CString::Format.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

Sample Code

   COleDateTimeSpan span;
   // Set to 1 day 2 hours 3 minutes and 4 seconds
   span.SetDateTimeSpan(1,2,3,4);

   CString str;
   str = span.Format("%D;%H;%M;%S"); // BUG:Day(s) is not found in CString

   // Following is equivalent to the above
   str.Format("%02d;%s", span.GetDays(),
               (LPCTSTR)span.Format("%H;%M;%S"));

   COleDateTime time;
   time = COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime();
   str = time.Format("%D;%H;%M;%S"); // BUG:Day is not found in CString

   // Following is equivalent to the above
   str.Format("%02d;%s", time.GetDay(),
              (LPCTSTR)time.Format("%H;%M;%S"));
				
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Additional query words: kbVC420bug kbDSupport COleDateTime COleDateTimeSpan Format Day

Keywords: kbbug kbcode KB167338