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// crt_locale.c
/* Sets the current locale to "Germany" using the
 * setlocale function and demonstrates its effect on the strftime
 * function.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(void)
{
       time_t ltime;
       struct tm *thetime;
       unsigned char str[100];

       setlocale(LC_ALL, "German");
       time (&ltime);
       thetime = gmtime(&ltime);

       /* %#x is the long date representation, appropriate to
        * the current locale
        */
       if (!strftime((char *)str, 100, "%#x", 
                     (const struct tm *)thetime))
               printf("strftime failed!\n");
       else
               printf("In German locale, strftime returns '%s'\n", 
                      str);

       /* Set the locale back to the default environment */
       setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
       time (&ltime);
       thetime = gmtime(&ltime);

       if (!strftime((char *)str, 100, "%#x", 
                     (const struct tm *)thetime))
               printf("strftime failed!\n");
       else
               printf("In 'C' locale, strftime returns '%s'\n", 
                      str);
}

CliffRat wrote:

The problem is that some locales/languages cannot be set with this method per MS (

rahul.kulshreshtha wrote:

Default message map is getting overloaded and application is getting freeze

Chuck O'Toole wrote:

Is it time to argue about MessagePeek loops again?