function EncodeDate ( const Year, Month, Day : Word ) : TDateTime;
Description
The EncodeDate function generates a TDateTime return value from the passed Year, Month and Day values.
The permitted parameter values are :
Year = 0..9999
Month = 1..12
Day = 1..31 (depending on month/year)
If you exceed these values, an EConvertError is raised.
Notes
The time value for the TDateTime is always set to 00:00:00.00
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
EncodeDateTime Build a TDateTime value from day and time values
EncodeTime Build a TDateTime value from hour, min, sec and msec values
Example code : Assign a date to a TDateTime variable
var
myDate : TDateTime;
begin
// Set my date variable using the EncodeDate function
myDate := EncodeDate(2000, 02, 29);
LongTimeFormat := 'hh:mm:ss.zzz'; // 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 00:00:00.000