GmtOffsetStrToDateTime Function

Converts an Internet time difference string to a native date/time value.

Pascal

function GmtOffsetStrToDateTime(
    S: string
): TIdDateTime;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
S	The Internet time difference string to be converted.

Returns

TDateTime - Native date/time representation of the time difference string.

Description

GmtOffsetStrToDateTime is a TDateTime function used to convert the Internet time difference string in S to a native TDateTime value.

The return value for GmtOffsetStrToDateTime will contain the time difference from S encoded as a TDateTime value, and can contain either a positive or a negative number of offset hours.

The return value for GmtOffsetStrToDateTime can be 0.0 if an error occurs during calculation of the offset value.

GmtOffsetStrToDateTime can be used to create a value that can be added to a TDateTime value expressed in another time zone, to adjust to the local time zone.

To convert a TDateTime to an Internet Time difference, use the DateTimeToGmtOffSetStr function.