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TAbstractObjectReader.ReadDate

Read a date value from the stream.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 1401

public 
  function ReadDate : TDateTime;  Virtual;  Abstract;

Description

ReadDate is called by the streaming system when it wants to read a date/time value from the stream (i.e. after ReadValue returned a value type of vaDate). The return value should be the date/time value. (This value can be stored as a float, since TDateTime is nothing but a float.)

See also

Name Description
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadFloat Read a float value from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadIdent Read an identifier from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadInt16 Read a 16-bit integer from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadInt32 Read a 32-bit integer from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadInt64 Read a 64-bit integer from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadInt8 Read an 8-bit integer from the stream.
TabstractObjectReader.ReadSet Reads a set from the stream.
TAbstractObjectReader.ReadSingle Read a single (real-type) value from the stream.
TabstractObjectReader.ReadStr Read a shortstring from the stream
TabstractObjectReader.ReadString Read a string of type StringType from the stream.