//Листинг 6.8. Создание ожидаемого таймера

#include <process.h>
HANDLE hTimer;
unsigned __stdcall MyThread(void* param)
{
   TCHAR str[30];
   SYSTEMTIME tm;
   FILETIME localTime;
   WaitForSingleObject(hTimer, INFINITE);
   GetSystemTime(&tm);
   SystemTimeToFileTime(&tm, &localTime);
   FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&localTime, &localTime);
   FileTimeToSystemTime(&localTime, &tm);
   _stprintf(str, _T("Date %2u.%2u.%4u Time %2u:%2u:%2u"), tm.wDay,
               tm.wMonth, tm.wYear, tm.wHour, tm.wMinute, tm.wSecond);
   MessageBox((HWND)param, str, _T("Включился ожидаемый таймер"), MB_OK |
               MB_ICONHAND);
   return 0;
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
   static HANDLE hThread;
   SYSTEMTIME sysTime = {2010, 5, 2, 5, 9, 04, 0, 0};
   FILETIME localTime, utcTime;
   LARGE_INTEGER *lTime;
   switch (message)
   {
   case WM_CREATE:
      hTimer = CreateWaitableTimer(NULL, FALSE, NULL);

      SystemTimeToFileTime(&sysTime, &localTime);
      LocalFileTimeToFileTime(&localTime, &utcTime);
      lTime = (LARGE_INTEGER*) &utcTime;
      SetWaitableTimer(hTimer, lTime, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE);
      hThread = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, MyThread, hWnd, 0, NULL);
      break;
   case WM_COMMAND:
      switch (LOWORD (wParam))
      {
         case IDM_EXIT: DestroyWindow(hWnd); break;
         default: return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
      }
      break;
   case WM_DESTROY:
      CloseHandle(hThread);
      CancelWaitableTimer(hTimer);
      PostQuitMessage(0);
      break;
   default: return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
   }
   return 0;
}