procedure DecodeDate ( const SourceDate : TDateTime; out Year, Month, Day : Word ) ;
Description
The DecodeDate procedure extracts year, month and day values from a given SourceDate TDateTime type value.
It stores the values in the output variables : Year, Month and Day.
Related commands
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
EncodeDateTime Build a TDateTime value from day and time values
EncodeTime Build a TDateTime value from hour, min, sec and msec values
RecodeDate Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable
RecodeTime Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable
ReplaceDate Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable
ReplaceTime Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable
Example code : Add a month to a date and then extract the year, month and day values
var
myDate : TDateTime;
myYear, myMonth, myDay : Word;
begin
// Set up the myDate variable to have a December 2000 value
myDate := StrToDate('29/12/2000');
// Now add a month to this value
myDate := IncMonth(myDate);
// And let us see what we get
DecodeDate(myDate, myYear, myMonth, myDay);
ShowMessage('myDate now = '+DateToStr(myDate));
ShowMessage('myDay = '+IntToStr(myDay));
ShowMessage('myMonth = '+IntToStr(myMonth));
ShowMessage('myYear = '+IntToStr(myYear));
end;
Show full unit code
myDate now = 29/01/2001
myDay = 29
myMonth = 1
myYear = 2001