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StrToTime

Convert a time string to a TDateTime value.

Declaration

Source position: datih.inc line 152

function StrToTime(

const S: Shortstring

):TDateTime; function StrToTime(

const S: string

):TDateTime; function StrToTime(

const S: ShortString;

separator: char

):TDateTime; function StrToTime(

const S: string;

separator: char

):TDateTime; function StrToTime(

const S: string;

FormatSettings: TFormatSettings

):TDateTime; function StrToTime(

const S: PChar;

Len: Integer;

separator: char = #0

):TDateTime;

Description

StrToTime converts the string S to a TDateTime time value. The time must consist of 1 to 4 digits, separated by the TimeSeparator character. If two numbers are given, they are supposed to form the hour and minutes.

Errors

On error (e.g. an invalid date or invalid character), an EConvertError exception is raised.

See also

StrToDate		Convert a date string to a `TDateTime` value.
StrToDateTime		Convert a date/time string to a `TDateTime` value.
TimeToStr		Convert a `TDateTime` time to a string using a predefined format.
EConvertError		Conversion error.

Example

Program Example21;

{ This program demonstrates the StrToTime function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure TestStr (S : String);

begin
  Writeln (S,' : ',TimeToStr(StrToTime(S)));
end;

Begin
  teststr (TimeToStr(Time));
  teststr ('12:00');
  teststr ('15:30');
  teststr ('3:30PM');
End.