Transform a string to year, month and day
int XlStringToDate( const char* str, int* yy, int* mm, int* dd ); int XlStringToDate( const wchar_t* str, int* yy, int* mm, int* dd ); |
A string containing a date. Excel will use the date formatting rules currently in force to read the string.
Pointer to variable which will contain year (eg 1996).
Pointer to variable which will contain month (1-12).
Pointer to variable which will contain day of month (1-31).
1 if the function succeeds; 0 if it fails
This function calls Excel's DATEVALUE(), YEAR(), MONTH() and DAY() functions to transform a string date into its components.
Because it uses Excel for the transformation, it handles variations in the Excel base date transparently.
Header: xlldate.h