Why don't you just set the TDateTime to zero? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Veale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]:stringtodate problem?
> im sorry I cant have made myself clear (not surptising)... > > I mean I enforce columns in an f1book component to be entered in ascending > date format where the book looks like... > > date1 date2 date3 date4 > col1 col2 col3 col4 > > and the dates are ascending so I set this var earlier than the first date > could ever be so I didnt have to write a special case for the first col. > > and it still dies on strtodate('01/01/1900'); > > Ive just changed this to encodedate(01,01,1970); to see if this helps, but > as the computer is in Auckland I cant check any fixes till tomorrow, so Im > kinda flying blind at the moment... > > Thanks all for your advice. > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Chris Milham > > Sent: Monday, 27 January 2003 9:50 a.m. > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > Subject: Re: [DUG]:stringtodate problem? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > If I am understanding what you are trying to do correctly, by > > "earliest > > date" you mean you are trying to get the earliest date possible that > > Delphi can store. Is this correct? > > > > If so, why not just set your TDate/TDateTime var to zero. > > This will set > > your datetime var to the earliest value that can be stored, namely > > "30/12/1899 12:00 am" > > > > HTH, > > > > Chris > > > > Chris Veale wrote: > > > > >Hi. > > > > > >I am trying to do a strtodate('01/01/1900'); > > > > > >This is used simply to determine an order of a sequence of > > dates so I do > > >this to set the earliest date. > > > > > >Now on almost all computers this is no problem, but on ONE > > computer this > > >dies with an "unknown exception" and I can capture the following > > >information... > > > > > >There is also a problem where the computers system date format was > > >mm/dd/yyyy and this caused another problem, but I think ive > > fixed that one > > >with a formatdate call, but this one is really baffling me. > > > > > >The OS is the same as I am running so I cant see an issue > > there, and the > > >system shortdateformat is now correct also. > > > > > >Can anyone think what this could be? I know datetime is > > from 13/12/1899 > > >could this be a problem? should I change it to > > strtodate('01/01/1970'); > > > > > >cheers > > > > > >Chris Veale > > >================================================================= > > > > > > > > >date/time : 2003-01-24 16:51 > > >computer name : SERVER > > >operating system : Windows 2000 > > >free disk space : 14,34 GB > > >executable : kiwiload.exe > > >exec. date/time : 2002-12-20 12:01 > > >exception class : Exception > > >exception message : Unknown Exception. > > > > > >thread $2A0: > > >$004F115F kiwiload.exe madExcept 2067 CreateBugReport > > >$004EDE87 kiwiload.exe madExcept 1072 SendShellMail > > >$004EF1F8 kiwiload.exe madExcept 1474 TExceptionBox.DialogWndMethod > > >$004F02B1 kiwiload.exe madExcept 1695 ShowException > > >$004F0499 kiwiload.exe madExcept 1747 ReceiveHandleException > > >$004EB75D kiwiload.exe madTools 390 MsgHandlerWindowProc > > >$004F05FD kiwiload.exe madExcept 1782 HandleExceptionThread > > > > > >main thread ($454): > > >$77E1484C user32.dll > > >$004F0719 kiwiload.exe madExcept 1829 HandleException > > >$004F1635 kiwiload.exe madExcept 2129 InterceptAHandleExcept > > >$00521D84 kiwiload.exe main 2291 validatebudflow > > >$00522B39 kiwiload.exe main 2868 process_bud_flow > > >$005282EC kiwiload.exe main 4535 TForm1.Button2Click > > >$0052A732 kiwiload.exe KiwiLoad 22 KiwiLoad > > > > > > > > >--- > > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > >Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ > > >The contents of this e-mail are privileged and/or confidential to the > > >named recipient and are not to be used by any other person and/or > > >organisation. 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