Windows C++ Date & Time Functions

This article contains a short method on how to obtain the date / time functions utilizing different programming methods in C++. 

#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std; 

int main()
{
SYSTEMTIME sysTime; 
TCHAR szBuffer[128];
GetLocalTime(&sysTime); 

    char timeMeridian[255]; 
    char Month[30];
    char dayOfWeek[30]; 
    int dayHour, dayMinute; 
    
    
    switch (sysTime.wDayOfWeek)
    {
    	case 1:
    		//cout << "Monday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Monday");
    		break;
    	case 2:
    		//cout << "Tuesday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Tuesday");
    		break;
    	case 3:
    		//cout << "Wednesday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Wednesday");
    		break;
    	case 4:
    		//cout << "Thursday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Thursday");
    		break;
    	case 5:
    		//cout << "Friday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Friday");
    		break;
    	case 6:
    		//cout << "Saturday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Saturday");
    		break;
    	case 7:
    		//cout << "Sunday, ";
    		strcpy(dayOfWeek, "Sunday");
    		break;
    	default:
    		cout << "Cannot allocate day of week. Error " << endl; 
    		return -1;
    	}
    
    switch (sysTime.wMonth)
    {
    	case 1:
    		//cout << "January";
    		strcpy(Month, "January"); 	
    		break;
    	case 2:
//    		cout << "February";
    		strcpy(Month, "February"); 	
    		break;
    	case 3:
//    		cout << "March";
    		strcpy(Month, "March");
    		break;
    	case 4:
  //  		cout << "April";
            strcpy(Month, "April");
    		break;
    	case 5:
//  		cout << "May";
    		strcpy(Month, "May");
    		break;
    	case 6:
//  		cout << "June";
    		strcpy(Month, "June");
    		break;
    	case 7:
//  		cout << "July";
    		strcpy(Month, "July");
    		break;
    	case 8:
//  		cout << "August";
    		strcpy(Month, "August");
    		break;
    	case 9:
//  		cout << "September";
    		strcpy(Month, "September");
    		break;
    	case 10:
//  		cout << "October";
    		strcpy(Month, "October");
    		break;
    	case 11:
//    		cout << "November";
    		strcpy(Month, "November");
    		break;
    	case 12:
//    		cout << "December";
    		strcpy(Month, "December"); 
    		break;
    	default:
    		cout << "There is an error. Something went wrong with the months." << endl; 
    		strcpy(Month, " <Err. Displaying Month "); 
    		return -1;
    	}
    
    //RETURN MERIDIAN 
    if (sysTime.wHour > 12) 
    { 
    	strcpy(timeMeridian, "PM"); 
    } else {
    	//timeMeridian = "AM";
    	strcpy(timeMeridian, "AM"); 
    }
    //GRAB THE HOUR/MINUTE
    dayHour = sysTime.wHour; 
    dayMinute = sysTime.wMinute; 

    //CHECK IF THE TIME FORMAT IS CORRECT
    if ( dayMinute < 10 ){
         switch (dayMinute)
         {
                case 1: dayMinute = 01; 
                     break;
                case 2: dayMinute = 02;
                     break;
                case 3: dayMinute = 03;
                     break;
                case 4: dayMinute = 04;
                     break;
                case 5: dayMinute = 05;
                     break;
                case 6: dayMinute = 06;
                     break;
                case 7: dayMinute = 07;
                     break; 
                case 8: dayMinute = 0x08;
                     break; 
                case 9: dayMinute = 0x09;
                     break; 
                default:
                        cout << "No clue what is going on here!!!" << endl; 
                break;
         }
    }

    //cout << "Today is: " << dayOfWeek << endl; 
    cout << "Today is: " << dayOfWeek << " " << sysTime.wDay << " of " << Month << " " << sysTime.wYear << endl; 
    cout << "United States Format  : " << sysTime.wMonth << "/" << sysTime.wDay << "/" << sysTime.wYear << endl; 
    cout << "European Date Format  : " << sysTime.wDay << "/" << sysTime.wMonth << "/" << sysTime.wYear << endl; 
    cout << "Military Time Format  : " << dayHour << ":" << dayMinute << " " << timeMeridian << endl;
    
    cout << "12 Hour Time Format   : "; 
    if (dayHour >12)
    {
                cout << dayHour - 12 << ":" << dayMinute << " " << timeMeridian << endl;
                }
    return 0; 
}