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Description

 

Performs shallow copy of data from cDateTime to other cDateTime.

 

Syntax

 

<cDateTime>.Copy(sourceObject)

 

Returns

 

None.

 

Parameters

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

sourceObject

cDateTime

No

Another cDateTime object

 

Remarks

 

Please note that shallow copy means that any change you do to the source object will be visible in the target object.

 

Also, any change made to target object will be applied to source object!

 

Restrictions

 

See also

 

Examples

 

' Create an object with current date and time

Dim firstDateTime As New cDateTime

 

' Set its values

firstDateTime.NewDate(2020, 12, 24)

firstDateTime.NewTime(20, 0, 0)

 

' Create another object with current date and time

Dim secondDateTime As New cDateTime

 

' Copy from firstDateTime - please note secondDateTime had to be initialized via NEW

secondDateTime.Copy(firstDateTime)

 

' Now both firstDateTime and secondDateTime represent the same date & time

MsgBox 0, firstDateTime.toString + "=" + secondDateTime.toString

 

secondDateTime.AddHours(5)

 

' Now you can see both source and target object are modified!

MsgBox 0, firstDateTime.toString + "=" + secondDateTime.toString

 

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