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    ShortDateFormat (deprecated)

    Short Date Format string (subject to locale).

    Declaration

    Source position: sysinth.inc line 105

    var
  ShortDateFormat: string absolute TBinaryExpr;

    Description

    ShortDateFormat contains a template to format a date in a short format. It is used by the date formatting routines. The initialization routines of the SysUtils unit initialize this string with a value conforming to the regional preferences of the user or system regional default.

    This constant is deprecated. You should use DefaultFormatSettings.ShortDateFormat instead.

    See also

    Name Description
    LongDateFormat Long date format string (subject to locale).
    FormatDateTime Return a string representation of a TDateTime value with a given format.
    DateSeparator Date separator character (subject to locale).
    DefaultFormatSettings Storage for default settings.