procedure ReplaceTime ( var DateTimeVar : TDateTime; const NewTimeValue : TDateTime ) ;
Description
The ReplaceTime function updates the time part of a TDateTime variable DateTimeVar with the time part of another TDateTime value NewTimeValue without affecting the date.
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
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
Example code : Change the time without changing the date
var
myDateTime, newTime : TDateTime;
begin
// Set the date to 29/10/2002 at 12:34:56
myDateTime := EncodeDateTime(2002, 10, 29, 12, 34, 56, 0);
ShowMessage('The starting date/time = '+DateTimeToStr(myDateTime));
// Now change the time portion without touching the date
newTime := EncodeTime(9, 45, 52, 0);
ReplaceTime(myDateTime, newTime);
ShowMessage('The new date/time = '+DateTimeToStr(myDateTime));
end;
Show full unit code
The starting date/time = 29/10/2002 12:34:56
The new date/time = 29/10/2002 09:45:52