How about using the FormatDateTime function.
eg: Filename :=
FormatDateTime('"File"mmyyyy".txt"',StrToDate(Maskedit1.Text));
This will give you File062000.txt.
Cheers,
Scott Cree
Knowlysis Limited
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eion McIntosh (CHCH) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2000 16:23
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: ShortDateFormat
>
> Hi
>
> I have a user who uses an edit field to enter a date in the format
> dd/mm/yyyy.
>
> I have to convert this to a ddmm text field and doing the following
> works find.
>
> Shortdateformat := 'ddmm';
> Filename := 'File' + datetostr(strtodate(Maskedit1.text)) + '.txt';
>
> This gives me the result FILE3006.txt
>
> The problem is that if I change the shortdateformat to mmyyyy or mmmyyyy
> the convert fails with an exception saying invalid date format. Why will
> it convert 30/06/2000 to 3006 and not give me either 062000 or Jun2000?
>
> Thanks
> Eion McIntosh
> PPCS Ltd
>
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