DateTimePicker or MonthCalendar

Question

Hi All;
I'm new and using Vis C++ 6.0 to get either:
DATETIMEPICKER or the MONTHCALENDAR to work right.
I've looked in the MSDN Lib, all the books I have,
and online and I'm come close but not there yet.
When I put the control onto the dialog box it shows
today's date but as soon as I start adding any .GetCurSel
then it shows 1969.
1 How can I set it to today?
2 How can I read the date the user has selected?