-#ifdef __WINDOWS__
-
-// returns the string containing strftime() format used for short dates in the
-// current locale or an empty string
-static wxString GetLocaleDateFormat()
-{
- wxString fmtWX;
-
- // there is no setlocale() under Windows CE, so just always query the
- // system there
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
- if ( strcmp(setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL), "C") != 0 )
-#endif
- {
- // The locale was programatically set to non-C. We assume that this was
- // done using wxLocale, in which case thread's current locale is also
- // set to correct LCID value and we can use GetLocaleInfo to determine
- // the correct formatting string:
-#ifdef __WXWINCE__
- LCID lcid = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT;
-#else
- LCID lcid = GetThreadLocale();
-#endif
- // according to MSDN 80 chars is max allowed for short date format
- wxChar fmt[81];
- if ( ::GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, fmt, WXSIZEOF(fmt)) )
- {
- wxChar chLast = _T('\0');
- size_t lastCount = 0;
- for ( const wxChar *p = fmt; /* NUL handled inside */; p++ )
- {
- if ( *p == chLast )
- {
- lastCount++;
- continue;
- }
-
- switch ( *p )
- {
- // these characters come in groups, start counting them
- case _T('d'):
- case _T('M'):
- case _T('y'):
- case _T('g'):
- chLast = *p;
- lastCount = 1;
- break;
-
- default:
- // first deal with any special characters we have had
- if ( lastCount )
- {
- switch ( chLast )
- {
- case _T('d'):
- switch ( lastCount )
- {
- case 1: // d
- case 2: // dd
- // these two are the same as we
- // don't distinguish between 1 and
- // 2 digits for days
- fmtWX += _T("%d");
- break;
-
- case 3: // ddd
- fmtWX += _T("%a");
- break;
-
- case 4: // dddd
- fmtWX += _T("%A");
- break;
-
- default:
- wxFAIL_MSG( _T("too many 'd's") );
- }
- break;
-
- case _T('M'):
- switch ( lastCount )
- {
- case 1: // M
- case 2: // MM
- // as for 'd' and 'dd' above
- fmtWX += _T("%m");
- break;
-
- case 3:
- fmtWX += _T("%b");
- break;
-
- case 4:
- fmtWX += _T("%B");
- break;
-
- default:
- wxFAIL_MSG( _T("too many 'M's") );
- }
- break;
-
- case _T('y'):
- switch ( lastCount )
- {
- case 1: // y
- case 2: // yy
- fmtWX += _T("%y");
- break;
-
- case 4: // yyyy
- fmtWX += _T("%Y");
- break;
-
- default:
- wxFAIL_MSG( _T("wrong number of 'y's") );
- }
- break;
-
- case _T('g'):
- // strftime() doesn't have era string,
- // ignore this format
- wxASSERT_MSG( lastCount <= 2,
- _T("too many 'g's") );
- break;
-
- default:
- wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unreachable") );
- }
-
- chLast = _T('\0');
- lastCount = 0;
- }
-
- // not a special character so must be just a separator,
- // treat as is
- if ( *p != _T('\0') )
- {
- if ( *p == _T('%') )
- {
- // this one needs to be escaped
- fmtWX += _T('%');
- }
-
- fmtWX += *p;
- }
- }
-
- if ( *p == _T('\0') )
- break;
- }
- }
- //else: GetLocaleInfo() failed, leave fmtDate value unchanged and
- // try our luck with the default formats
- }
- //else: default C locale, default formats should work
-
- return fmtWX;