| Subject | RE: [ib-support] Date Format in IB |
|---|---|
| Author | jackie |
| Post date | 2002-10-31T09:37:48Z |
> -----Original Message-----Thanks Pete so this I guess is what Alan was suggetsing.
> From: Pete Bray [mailto:pete@...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:59 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [ib-support] Date Format in IB
>
>
> Jackie,
>
> my approach would be to allow IB/FB to store the date in its own
> particular
> way and format the date prior to display in your application when you
> retrieve it. If you are using datasources and TFields etc then you can
> specify the display format for the TDateField by using a format string to
> control the display. If you are retrieving the data yourself via a simple
> query then you can use the txt:=FormatDateTime('DDMMYYYY',YourDate) to get
> the string you want to display/edit etc.
jackie