C# Signature:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "SystemTimeToFileTime", SetLastError = true)]
    public static extern bool SystemTimeToFileTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime, ref FILETIME lpFileTime);
[DllImport("coredll.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi, SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool SystemTimeToFileTime([In] ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime, [Out]out FILETIME lpFileTime);

VB Signature:

Declare Function SystemTimeToFileTime Lib "Coredll.dll" (TODO) As TODO

User-Defined Types:

SystemTime and FileTime

Structure.SystemTime and Structure.FileTime

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Notes:

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Sample Code:

//Taken from http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/timezoneconversions.asp?print=true
private static DateTime SystemTimeToDateTime(ref SYSTEMTIME st)
{
        FILETIME ft = new FILETIME();
        SystemTimeToFileTime(ref st, out ft);
        DateTime dt = new DateTime((((long)ft.dwHighDateTime) << 32) | (uint)ft.dwLowDateTime);
        return dt;
}

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