StrInternetToDateTime Function

Pascal

function StrInternetToDateTime(
    Value: string
): TIdDateTime;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
Value	The Internet timestamp to be converted.

Returns

TDateTime - The native date and time value for the timestamp.

Description

StrInternetToDateTime is a TDateTime function used to convert the Internet timestamp in Value to a native date and time value. If Value is an empty string, or an exception occurs during conversion, the retrun value is set to 0.0.

Value may contain a string matching one of the following Date Time format strings:

  ddd[,][ ]d[-| ]mmm[-| ]yy[yy][-| ][hh:nn:ss]
  ddd[,][ ]mmm[-| ]d[-| ]yy[yy][-| ][hh:nn:ss]
  ddd[,][ ]d[-| ]mmm[ ][hh:nn:ss]yy[yy]
  ddd[,][ ]mmm[-| ]d[ ][hh:nn:ss]yy[yy]

The following are some examples of valid content in Value:

  Fri 7-Sep-2002
  Fri 7-Sep-2002 15:23:59
  Fri 7-Sep 15:23:59 2002
  Fri 7 Sep 2002
  Fri 7 Sep 2002 15:23:59
  Fri 7 Sep 15:23:59 2002
  Fri, 7-Sep-2002
  Fri, 7-Sep-2002 15:23:59
  Fri, 7-Sep 15:23:59 2002
  Fri, 7 Sep 2002
  Fri, 7 Sep 2002 15:23:59
  Fri, 7 Sep 15:23:59 2002
  Fri,7-Sep-2002
  Fri,7-Sep-2002 15:23:59
  Fri,7-Sep 15:23:59 2002
  Fri,7 Sep 2002
  Fri,7 Sep 2002 15:23:59
  Fri,7 Sep 15:23:59 2002

To convert a value from a TDateTime to an Internet timestamp, use the DateTimeToInternetStr function.