[fpc-pascal] FormatDatetime is not respecting the specified pattern

[waldo kitty]

On 1/31/2012 22:23, Luciano de Souza wrote:
> Hello listers,
>
> A strange error came up when formating a date. See this code:
> writeln(formatdatetime('dd/mm/YYYY', now));
> The answer should be: 31/01/2012
> The answer was: 31-01-2012
> I did one test else:
> writeln(formatdatetime('dd$mm$YYYY', now));
> The answer was: 31$01$2012
> Yes, the problem seems to be related to the backslash.

errrm1... that's not a 'back slash'... that's a "forward" slash.. aka just a 
plain slash... "back slash" leans backwards (ie: top to the left)...

> DefaultFormatSettings.DateSeparator := '/';
> writeln(formatdatetime('dd/mm/YYYY', now));
> The answer was: 31/01/2012
> Right! That's the answer. But it was necessary to setup the settings manually.
> The test was done with Freepascal 2.4.4

errrm2: FP 2.6.0 is the current release... unless i'm highly mistaken... but 
still, see higher above ;)