Parse a Date from a String in Win32

Question

I have a string containing a date, and another string containing the date format of the first string. Is there a function that I can call to convert that date into something

Answer 1

No, but you can write a function that will convert the date format string into a sscanf format string and series of variables. Then copy the data from the variables to the SYSTEMTIME structure and you're all set.

It's not trivial, but it is probably the most flexible arrangement if you must support many different date formats.