Question

This code should work in Delphi XE2, but it gives “not a valid date and time” error in StrtoDateTime conversion:

procedure TForm2.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  s: string;
  d: TDateTime;
  FmtStngs: TFormatSettings;
begin
    GetLocaleFormatSettings(GetThreadLocale, FmtStngs);
    FmtStngs.DateSeparator := #32;
    FmtStngs.ShortDateFormat := 'dd mmm yyyy';
    FmtStngs.TimeSeparator := ':';
    FmtStngs.LongTimeFormat := 'hh:nn';

    s := FormatDateTime('', Now, FmtStngs);
    d := StrToDateTime(s, FmtStngs);
end;

Any hints?

Answer 1

If you want to convert some special DateTime-Formats you should better use VarToDateTime instead of StrToDateTime. Just have a look at the implementation of both and you will recognize, that StrToDateTime is somehow … and VarToDateTime will ask the OS if it can’t determine by itself.

This works with Delphi XE3 (but should also work with earlier versions):

procedure TForm2.Button1Click( Sender: TObject );
var
  s: string;
  d: TDateTime;
  FmtStngs: TFormatSettings;
begin
    GetLocaleFormatSettings( GetThreadLocale, FmtStngs );
    FmtStngs.DateSeparator := #32;
    FmtStngs.ShortDateFormat := 'dd mmm yyyy';
    FmtStngs.TimeSeparator := ':';
    FmtStngs.LongTimeFormat := 'hh:nn';

    s := FormatDateTime( '', Now, FmtStngs );
    d := VarToDateTime( s );
end;