[fpc-pascal] ShortDateFormat

[David Copeland]

Sorry, I think I just answered my own question :-! . Woult using the
TFormatsetting variant of StrToDateTime be the "better way"?

Dave.

On 05/07/2015 12:25 PM, David Copeland wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using the following bit of code to convert a date from an external
> source.
>
>     var
>             timestamp: TDateTime;
>             event_date, event_time: string;
>     begin      
>             ShortDateFormat := 'm/d/y';
>             try
>                 timestamp := StrToDateTime(event_date + ' ' + event_time);
>             except
>                 // error handling ...
>             end;
>     end;
>
> However, the compiler warns that ShortDateFormat is deprecated. Is there
> another way to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Copeland.
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