FILETIME

The FILETIME data structure is a 64-bit value representing the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. It is the means by which Win32 determines the date and time. FILETIME is used by the CoDosDateTimeToFileTime, CoFileTimeToDosDateTime, and CoFileTimeNow functions. It is defined as follows:

typedef struct STRUCT tagFILETIME {
    DWORD dwLowDateTime;
    DWORD dwHighDateTime;
} FILETIME;

Members

  • dwLowDateTime
    The low 32 bits of the Win32 date/time value.
  • dwHighDateTime
    The upper 32 bits of the Win32 date/time value.

Remarks

The FILETIME data structure is used in the time conversion functions between DOS and Win32.

Requirements

For an explanation of the requirement values, see Requirements (COM).

Windows NT/2000/XP: Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later.

Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later.

Header: Declared in olectl.h.

See Also

Reference

CoDosDateTimeToFileTime
CoFileTimeNow
CoFileTimeToDosDateTime

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