set system date with code

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hi everyone

i want to set date through my application (change system date from my app),

i found a code that use api ,i tried it,but it does not work in my pc,

maybe beacuse my os is win7,

can u explain me another way.

i searched it but i cant find good article.

i am sorry for my bad writing.

Posted 15-Apr-11 10:53am

Seyed Hamed Khatami

Updated 15-Apr-11 10:56am

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-04-15T21:37:00

Solution 3

Have a look at the SetSytemTime API as well[^].

Posted 15-Apr-11 21:37pm

Abhinav S

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-04-15T11:17:00

Solution 1

It can be done through P/Invoke of the Windows API SetLocalTime.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724936(v=vs.85).aspx[^].

Complete with C# code:
http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32.SetLocalTime[^].

Good luck,

—SA

Posted 15-Apr-11 11:17am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Toli Cuturicu 15-Apr-11 17:22pm

5, but... I wouldn't recommend it. I'd hate a software that does this.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Apr-11 17:24pm

Thank you and -- I agree, but we don't know the purpose, maybe it's a must.
You warning is valuable and should be taken into account, of course.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara 16-Apr-11 12:27pm

Comment from OP:
thanks for your help,

but i told you ,it does not work in win 7.

do u have any solution?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Apr-11 14:37pm

I don't have Windows 7 installed right now, but... what exactly happens... chances are, you need to work with elevated privileges to run this code; this is one of the major Windows 7 difference; and there is nothing you can do about it (except XP compatibility mode).
--SA