View source for TIniFile.ReadDate

 '''function ReadDate(const Section, Ident: string; Default: [[TDateTime]]): [[TDateTime]]'''
  Section: Section name
  Ident: Property name (key)
  Default: Value used as a result when the key has not been found
  Result: Value of a key (if successful) or ''Default'' (if not)

==Description==

This function will try to read a [[TDateTime]] value from specified section and key<br>
If it fails to do so for some reason, the ''Default'' value is returned.<br>
Note that TDateTime is equivalent to Double.<br>
 '''Important''': Result is a number of days that have passed since 1899-12-30 till date under the key in the ini file. 
 Because of that, it's probably a good idea to use [[TIniFile.ReadString|ReadString]] to read a clarified date.
 You could also encode it using one of the available [[:Category:Functions|Functions]]

==Example==
''example.ini'' in soldatserver's root folder
<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
[ModConfig]
Created=2013-08-21
</syntaxhighlight>

script code:
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal">
const
  // assuming Sandboxed Level < 2
  PATH = 'example.ini';
var
  Ini: TIniFile;
  temp: TDateTime; // could as well be  temp: Double;

begin
  Ini := File.CreateINI(PATH);
  temp := Ini.ReadDate('ModConfig','Created',FALSE); // temp = 41507.0
  Ini.Free;
end.
</syntaxhighlight>

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