Of course - as I said it depends on what you are trying to achieve.
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From: Patrick Dunford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 2:14 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: RE: [DUG]: DateToStr & Y2K
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Behalf Of Chris Hallowes
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 April 1999 07:49
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: DateToStr & Y2K
>
>
> Depends on what you are trying to achieve.
> If you simply what to always have your Delphi
application use the 4
> digit year, regardless of what the users set windows
to try this.
>
> In the application's project file
>
> Application.Initialize;
> Application.UpdateFormatSettings := False;
> ShortDateFormat := 'd/mm/yyyy'; { ensure that century
is shown }
No, you cannot do this unless you know which country
your application is
going to be run in. For example in some countries
mm/dd/yyyy is the correct
format. In other countries they may use different
separator characters from
the /. It is for this reason you should use the
information that Windows
gets for you from the Control Panel.
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