Lazarus Pascal

DateTime - Get in ISO 8601 Compatible Format

Demonstrates the GetAsIso8601 method to return the date/time in an ISO 8601 compatible format.

Note: This example is only valid in Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or later.

Lazarus Pascal

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.CkDateTime;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  dateTime: TCkDateTime;
  bLocal: Boolean;

begin
  dateTime := TCkDateTime.Create;

  dateTime.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();

  bLocal := False;
  WriteLn('YYYY-MM-DD: ' + dateTime.GetAsIso8601('YYYY-MM-DD',bLocal));
  WriteLn('YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD: ' + dateTime.GetAsIso8601('YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD',bLocal));
  WriteLn('YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD: ' + dateTime.GetAsIso8601('YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD',bLocal));

  //  Sample output:

  //  	YYYY-MM-DD: 2016-12-02
  //  	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD: 2016-12-02T07:04Z
  //  	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD: 2016-12-02T07:04:34Z


  dateTime.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.