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The DecodeTime procedure extracts hour, minute, second and milli-second values from a given SourceDateTime TDateTime type value.
It stores the values in the output variables : Hour, Min, Sec and MSec.
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| Related commands |
| DecodeDate |
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Extracts the year, month, day values from a TDateTime var. |
| DecodeDateTime |
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Breaks a TDateTime variable into its date/time parts |
| EncodeDate |
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Build a TDateTime value from year, month and day values |
| EncodeDateTime |
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Build a TDateTime value from day and time values |
| EncodeTime |
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Build a TDateTime value from hour, min, sec and msec values |
| RecodeDate |
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Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable |
| RecodeTime |
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Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable |
| ReplaceDate |
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Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable |
| ReplaceTime |
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Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable |
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| Example code : Add 5 minutes to a time and then extract the new time values |
// Full Unit code.
// -----------------------------------------------------------
// You must store this code in a unit called Unit1 with a form
// called Form1 that has an OnCreate event called FormCreate.
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
SysUtils, // Unit containing the DecodeTime command
DateUtils,
Forms, Dialogs;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm} // Include form definitions
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
myDate : TDateTime;
myHour, myMin, mySec, myMilli : Word;
begin
// Set up the myDate variable to have a December 2000 value
myDate := StrToDateTime('29/12/2000 12:45:12.34');
// Now add 5 minutes to this value
myDate := IncMinute(myDate, 5);
// And let us see what we get
DecodeTime(myDate, myHour, myMin, mySec, myMilli);
ShowMessage('Time now = '+TimeToStr(myDate));
ShowMessage('Hour = '+IntToStr(myHour));
ShowMessage('Minute = '+IntToStr(myMin));
ShowMessage('Second = '+IntToStr(mySec));
ShowMessage('MilliSec = '+IntToStr(myMilli));
end;
end.
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Time now = 12:50:12
Hour = 12
Minute = 50
Second = 12
MilliSec = 34
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