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StrToTime

Convert a time string to a TDateTime value.

Declaration

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function StrToTime(

  const S: Shortstring

):TDateTime;

function StrToTime(

  const S: Ansistring

):TDateTime;

function StrToTime(

  const S: ShortString;

  separator: Char

):TDateTime;

function StrToTime(

  const S: AnsiString;

  separator: Char

):TDateTime;

function StrToTime(

  const S: PChar;

  Len: Integer;

  separator: Char = #0

):TDateTime;

Description

StrToTime converts the string S to a TDateTime time value. The time must consist of 1 to 4 digits, separated by the TimeSeparator character. If two numbers are given, they are supposed to form the hour and minutes.

Errors

On error (e.g. an invalid date or invalid character), an EConvertError exception is raised.

See also

StrToDate

  

Convert a date string to a TDateTime value.

StrToDateTime

  

Convert a date/time string to a TDateTime value.

TimeToStr

  

Convert a TDateTime time to a string using a predefined format.

Example

Program Example21;

{ This program demonstrates the StrToTime function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure TestStr (S : String);

begin
  Writeln (S,' : ',TimeToStr(StrToTime(S)));
end;

Begin
  teststr (TimeToStr(Time));
  teststr ('12:00');
  teststr ('15:30');
  teststr ('3:30PM');
End.
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