Function ConvertVariantToString

Explorer++/Helper/ShellHelper.cpp:697–723

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HRESULT ConvertVariantToString(const VARIANT *vt, TCHAR *szDetail, size_t cchMax, BOOL friendlyDate)
{
	HRESULT hr;

	switch (vt->vt)
	{
	case VT_DATE:
		/* Although dates can be converted directly to strings, a custom
		conversion function is used for two reasons:
		1. To ensure that the date is in the local timezone (dates are
		in UTC by default).
		2. To ensure that the date display is consistent with how other
		dates in the application are displayed. */
		hr = ConvertDateVariantToString(vt->date, szDetail, cchMax, friendlyDate);
		break;

	case VT_ARRAY | VT_BSTR:
		hr = ConvertVariantStringArrayToString(vt->parray, szDetail, cchMax);
		break;

	default:
		hr = ConvertGenericVariantToString(vt, szDetail, cchMax);
		break;
	}

	return hr;
}

HRESULT ConvertDateVariantToString(DATE date, TCHAR *szDetail, size_t cchMax, BOOL friendlyDate)
{