Changing the date format in regional settings...

[Mr_Pickles]

How the h*ll do i change the format of the system date in
the regional settings via VB6 code?

M.

[Bigley]

Have you tried either of the following API calls


Public Declare Function SetSystemTime Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetSystemTime" (lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME) As Long
Public Declare Function SetSystemTimeAdjustment Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetSystemTimeAdjustment" (ByVal dwTimeAdjustment As Long, ByVal bTimeAdjustmentDisabled As Boolean) As Long


Public Declare Function SetTimeZoneInformation Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetTimeZoneInformation" (lpTimeZoneInformation As TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION) As Long

[Mr_Pickles]

still don't know what you mean...

how do i use these functions, give me an example of how to change the system date from dd/MM/yy to MM/dd/yyyy

i can work with an example..

thanx

M.

[tomtan]

Hi Mr_Pickles...

Try these codes..

Private Declare Function SetLocaleInfo Lib "KERNEL32" Alias "SetLocaleInfoA" _
(ByVal Locale As Long, ByVal LCType As Long, ByVal lpLCData As String) As Long

Private Const LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT = &H400
Private Const LOCALE_SSHORTDATE = &H1F 'short date format string

'--This will change the default date format
SetTime = SetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, "MM/dd/yyyy")


[Edited by tomtan on 07-28-2000 at 09:31 PM]