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  • September 2, 2009
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

Hello,
Just a quick question:
Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

Thanks

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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    use good old dos :)
    DATE

    in german its date tt-mm-yy
    think that the order in other language could be yy-mm-tt...

    here an example:
    call "C$SYSTEM" using "date 03-09-09", 97 end-call.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    I used the following code and it failed with a date-status of 5.
    Does anyone know what error 5 means?

    01 Archive-date pic x(13) value "Date 01-02-09".
    01 date-status pic 9 value 0.

    call "C$system" using Archive-date, "8"
    giving date-status.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    I used the following code and it failed with a date-status of 5.
    Does anyone know what error 5 means?

    01 Archive-date pic x(13) value "Date 01-02-09".
    01 date-status pic 9 value 0.

    call "C$system" using Archive-date, "8"
    giving date-status.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    I used the following code and it failed with a date-status of 5.
    Does anyone know what error 5 means?

    01 Archive-date pic x(13) value "Date 01-02-09".
    01 date-status pic 9 value 0.

    call "C$system" using Archive-date, "8"
    giving date-status.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    if this list is correct:
    http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~stanisls/helppc/dos_error_codes.html

    05 Access denied
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    If this is Windows, you can use the API function SetSystemTime.

    Info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724942(VS.85).aspx

    The structure in question:

    [FONT=Courier New]typedef struct _SYSTEMTIME {[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wYear;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wMonth;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wDayOfWeek;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wDay;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wHour;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wMinute;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wSecond;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]WORD wMilliseconds;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]}SYSTEMTIME, *PSYSTEMTIME;[/FONT]

    Can be translated like this:

    [FONT=Courier New]01 SYSTEMTIME.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wYear            PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wMonth           PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wDayOfWeek       PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wDay             PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wHour            PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wMinute          PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wSecond          PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]  03 wMilliseconds    PIC 9(4) COMP-N.[/FONT]

    Use it like this:

    [FONT=Courier New]*Load library[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]CALL "Kernel32.dll"[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]*Set values of SYSTEMTIME group[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]*Call function[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New]CALL "SetSystemTime@WINAPI" USING BY REFERENCE SYSTEMTIME[/FONT]

    However, generally speaking, it is not a good idea that applications change the system time. Also do note that with Vista and Windows 7, there are security constraints.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    Thanks for your help.
    What I ended up doing was using c$system to run a .bat file with the dos date command in it.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    Thanks for your help.
    What I ended up doing was using c$system to run a .bat file with the dos date command in it.
    D

    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2009]

    Hello,
    Just a quick question:
    Is it possible to change the system date programmatically?

    Thanks
    Thanks for your help.
    What I ended up doing was using c$system to run a .bat file with the dos date command in it.

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