Unit 'sysutils' Package
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DateToStr

Converts a TDateTime value to a date string with a predefined format.

Declaration

Source position: datih.inc line 137

function DateToStr(

  Date: TDateTime

):string;

function DateToStr(

  Date: TDateTime;

  const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings

):string;

Description

DateToStr converts Date to a string representation. It uses ShortDateFormat as it's formatting string. It is hence completely equivalent to a FormatDateTime('ddddd', Date).

Note that on unix systems, the localization support must be enabled explicitly, see Localization.

Errors

None.

See also

TimeToStr

  

Convert a TDateTime time to a string using a predefined format.

DateTimeToStr

  

Converts a TDateTime value to a string using a predefined format.

FormatDateTime

  

Return a string representation of a TDateTime value with a given format.

StrToDate

  

Convert a date string to a TDateTime value.

Localization

  

Localization support.

Example

Program Example7;

{ This program demonstrates the DateToStr function }

Uses sysutils;

Begin
  Writeln(Format ('Today is: %s',[DateToStr(Date)]));
End.

Documentation generated on: Oct 27 2024