GetSystemTimeAsFileTime info Overview Group

The GetSystemTimeAsFileTime function obtains the current system date and time. The information is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format.

VOID GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(

LPFILETIME lpSystemTimeAsFileTime

// pointer to a file time structure

);

Parameters

lpSystemTimeAsFileTime: Pointer to a FILETIME structure to receive the current system date and time in UTC format.

This function does not return a value.

The GetSystemTimeAsFileTime function is equivalent to the following code sequence:

FILETIME ft;

SYSTEMTIME st;



GetSystemTime(&st);

SystemTimeToFileTime(&st,&ft);

LPFILETIME lpSystemTimeAsFileTime	// pointer to a file time structure
);