Question

i realize that ShortDateFormat variable represents the user’s preferences.

i also realize that if settings change, Delphi will automatically refresh the ShortDateFormat variable with the user’s settings.

mm/dd/yy

i have a customer who wants all “short dates” to be displayed in a particular, but they don’t want to their Windows preferences.

mm/dd/yyyy

What is a good way to globally, in my application, change the ShortDateFormat variable, given that it can be reset at any time?

Note: example date format masks in code format included to make the post more visually appealing

Answer 1

I agree with François, but I want to mention another option: set

Application.UpdateFormatSettings := False;

to prevent automatic updating of format settings when they are changed globally in Windows.