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Encodedatetime - build a tdatetime value from day and time values dateutils unit

function EncodeDateTime ( const Year, Month, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, MSec : Word ) : TDateTime; Description The EncodeDateTime function generates a TDateTime return value from the passed Year, Month, Day, Hour, Min, Sec and MSec (millisecond) values. The permitted parameter values are : Year = 0..9999 Month = 1..12 Day = 1..31 (depending on month/year) Hour = 0..23 Min = 0..59 Sec = 0..59 MSec = 0..999 If you exceed these values, an EConvertError is raised. Related commands DecodeDate Extracts the year, month, day values from a TDateTime var. DecodeDateTime Breaks a TDateTime variable into its date/time parts DecodeTime Break a TDateTime value into individual time values EncodeDate Build a TDateTime value from year, month and day values EncodeTime Build a TDateTime value from hour, min, sec and msec values Example code : Assign a full day and time value to a TDateTime variable var myDate : TDateTime; begin // Set my date variable using the EncodeDateTime function myDate := EncodeDateTime(2000, 02, 29, 12, 34, 56, 789); LongTimeFormat := 'hh:mm:ss.z'; // Ensure that MSecs are shown ShowMessage('Date set to '+DateToStr(myDate)); ShowMessage('Time set to '+TimeToStr(myDate)); end; Show full unit code Date set to 29/02/2000 Time set to 12:34:56.789