Get Current Time in mm/dd/yyyy in C++ - c++

Question

I am using the following code for setting the time in a Date Control in MFC using C++
CTime date;
date = date.GetCurrentTime();
this->m_headerDate.SetTime(&date);
This will get the Date and set it to the control in what ever format the user machine uses. But I want to set it to a format of ONLY mm/dd/yyyy.
There should be some way of doing this in MFC. Are there any utility functions for this?
Thanks,

Answer 1

Without MFC:
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main() {
const int MAXLEN = 80;
char s[MAXLEN];
time_t t = time(0);
strftime(s, MAXLEN, "%m/%d/%Y", localtime(&t));
std::cout << s << '\n';
}
Compiled Code
With MFC:
This function formats a date as a date string for a specified locale. The function formats either a specified date or the local system date.
int GetDateFormat(
LCID Locale,
DWORD dwFlags,
CONST SYSTEMTIME* lpDate,
LPCTSTR lpFormat,
LPTSTR lpDateStr,
int cchDate
);
change LPCTSTR lpFormat to MM:dd:yyyy

Answer 2

If you're talking about getting a specific textual representation of a date/time, you can use strftime() to format a date in many different ways, including the one specified in your question.
You will need a variable of type time_t using the facilities in the ctime header. So you can either switch to using those times, or I believe CTime::GetTime( ) will give you one.
However, if you're talking about forcing a control to display it's date/time in a specific format, that's a property of the control itself. For example, CDateTimeCtrl provides a SetFormat() method which will modify how it displays its data.

Answer 3

Here I'm storing value in a CString variable
Try this code:
CString strTime;
CTime date;
date = GetCurrentTime();
strTime = date.Format(_T("%m/%d/%Y"));

Answer 4

I have found a way of doing this...not sure if this is the simplest way though
Since we already have a datetime control .All we can do is just use the Setformat Function of the DatetimeControl. PFB an example of this
CDateTimeCtrl m_DateTimeCtrl;
m_DateTimeCtrl.SetFormat(_T("MM/dd/yyyy"));
The above will set it up to the format of 01/14/2015 which is desired. Thanks to Paxdiablo, Himanshu and Irrational Person for the inputs. They did point me in right direction with different options.