Re: Why does "==" comparison not work on COleDateTime

From:
"crea" <no@invalid.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:41:57 -0000
Message-ID:
<FVy6p.5811$tW4.2157@newsfe30.ams2>
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:07:50 -0000, "crea" <no@invalid.com> wrote:

I use VC++6.

I have a strange problem. I have a certain target date/time I want to
compare other date-variable which I increase (by 15 mins) until they
are the same. But when they are the same (and the trace clearly
shows they are when I print them, from year to second) the "==" does
not work. ">" works immediately after that in while-loop and the
loop stops there. Anybody knows what the reason for this might be?
This must be one of those odd problems... thanks.

the code:.

Trace(timeStart); // printing/tracing time to output window

 COleDateTime year(timeStart.GetYear(),1,1,0,0,0);
 while(timeStart > year)
 {
  year += tsPerio; // tsPerio = 15 min

  if(year == timeStart) //THIS ONE DOES NOT WORK when they are equal
   Trace(timeStart);
 }


Use COleDateTimeSpan for tsPerio.


It is COleDateTimeSpan -type (forgot to mention that).

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