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    DateTimeToString

    Converts a TDateTime value to a string with a given format.

    Declaration

    Source position: datih.inc line 166

    procedure DateTimeToString(out Result: string; const FormatStr: string; 
                          const DateTime: TDateTime; 
                          Options: TFormatDateTimeOptions=[]);

    procedure DateTimeToString(out Result: string; const FormatStr: string; 
                          const DateTime: TDateTime; 
                          const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings; 
                          Options: TFormatDateTimeOptions=[]);

    Description

    DateTimeToString returns in Result a string representation of DateTime using the formatting specified in FormatStr.

    for a list of characters that can be used in the FormatStr formatting string, see formatchars.

    Note that for 'c', if the time part is 0 (i.e. midnight), no time is appended.

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

    Errors

    In case a wrong formatting character is found, an EConvertError is raised.

    See also

    Name Description
    FormatDateTime Return a string representation of a TDateTime value with a given format.
    formatchars Date and time formatting characters.
    EConvertError Conversion error.
    Localization Localization support.

    Example

    Program Example4;

{ This program demonstrates the DateTimeToString function }

Uses sysutils;


Procedure today (Fmt : string);

Var S : AnsiString;

begin
  DateTimeToString (S,Fmt,Date);
  Writeln (S);
end;

Procedure Now (Fmt : string);

Var S : AnsiString;

begin
  DateTimeToString (S,Fmt,Time);
  Writeln (S);
end;

Begin
  Today ('"Today is "dddd dd mmmm y');
  Today ('"Today is "d mmm yy');
  Today ('"Today is "d/mmm/yy');
  Now ('''The time is ''am/pmh:n:s');
  Now ('''The time is ''hh:nn:ssam/pm');
  Now ('''The time is ''tt');
End.