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Longdateformat - long version of the date to string format

var LongDateFormat : string; Description The LongDateFormat variable provides the long (extended) formatting used for certain date to string conversions. It is used by the DateTimeToString routine when the 'dddddd' formatting is used. The following formatting character strings can be used in the LongDateFormat string: y = Year last 2 digits yy = Year last 2 digits yyyy = Year as 4 digits m = Month number no-leading 0 mm = Month number as 2 digits mmm = Month using ShortDayNames (Jan) mmmm = Month using LongDayNames (January) d = Day number no-leading 0 dd = Day number as 2 digits ddd = Day using ShortDayNames (Sun) dddd = Day using LongDayNames (Sunday) Notes The default value is set from LOCALE_SLONGDATE Related commands DateTimeToStr Converts TDateTime date and time values to a string DateTimeToString Rich formatting of a TDateTime variable into a string DateToStr Converts a TDateTime date value to a string FormatDateTime Rich formatting of a TDateTime variable into a string ShortDateFormat Compact version of the date to string format Example code : Illustrating customised LongDateFormat setting var myDate : TDateTime; formattedDate : string; begin myDate := StrToDate('29/02/2000'); // Display using the default LongDateFormat DateTimeToString(formattedDate, 'dddddd', myDate); ShowMessage('29/02/2000 using default = '+formattedDate); // Change the display formatting LongDateFormat := 'dddd dd of mmmm yyyy'; DateTimeToString(formattedDate, 'dddddd', myDate); ShowMessage('29/02/2000 using override = '+formattedDate); end; Show full unit code 29/02/2000 using default = 29 February 2000 29/02/2000 using override = Tuesday 29 of February 2000