Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation: Date,Time, and Measurement Utilities

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You can use the Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities to obtain and change information about the current date, time, geographic location, time zone, and units of measurement. The Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities return this information in a format that is best suited to the current writing system, allowing you to facilitate localization of your application.


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		Date & Time API Documentation [PDF] This preliminary document describes the Date & Time functionality introduced with Mac OS 9. Beginning with Mac OS 9, by default, dates are now displayed and entered in the Date & Time control panel using four-digit rather than two-digit centuries. Other Mac OS 9 functionality discussed includes changes to the date range that allow the system clock to break the 2040 barrier, support for higher system clock precision, and functions for conversion between UTC ("Coordinated Universal Time") and Macintosh local time.

		Inside Macintosh: Text This document describes Macintosh text-handling interfaces. Chapter 5 includes a discussion of some functions for performing date and time conversion.

		Inside Macintosh: Operating System Utilities (Chapter 4 - Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities) This document describes technologies that allow you to manage various low-level aspects of the Mac OS. See Chapter 4 for a discussion of the Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities.