DateToStr

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

Declaration

Source position: datih.inc line 135

  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

Name Description
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.
Localization Localization support
StrToDate Convert a date string to a TDateTime value.
TimeToStr Convert a TDateTime time to a string using a predefined format.

Example

Program Example7;
{ This program demonstrates the DateToStr function }
Uses sysutils;
Begin
  Writeln(Format ('Today is: %s',[DateToStr(Date)]));
End.