Converts MS-DOS date and time values to a file time.

Syntax

BOOL WINAPI DosDateTimeToFileTime(
  __in   WORD wFatDate,
  __in   WORD wFatTime,
  __out  LPFILETIME lpFileTime
);

Parameters

wFatDate [in]

The MS-DOS date. The date is a packed value with the following format.

Bits	Description
0-4	Day of the month (1–31)
5-8	Month (1 = January, 2 = February, and so on)
9-15	Year offset from 1980 (add 1980 to get actual year)

wFatTime [in]

The MS-DOS time. The time is a packed value with the following format.

Bits	Description
0-4	Second divided by 2
5-10	Minute (0–59)
11-15	Hour (0–23 on a 24-hour clock)

lpFileTime [out]

A pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the converted file time.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements

See Also

FILETIME
FileTimeToDosDateTime
FileTimeToSystemTime
SystemTimeToFileTime
Time Functions

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Build date: 10/2/2008