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Timeamstring - determines am value in datetimetostring

var TimeAMString : string Description The TimeAMString variable value is used in the DateTimeToString procedure, and StrToTime function. It qualifies the hour value when the ampm formatting string is used. The position is determined by the formatting string (see the example). The default value is 'AM' as set by the locale settings. Notes The default TimeAMString value is taken from the LOCALE_S1159 locale setting. Related commands DateTimeToString Rich formatting of a TDateTime variable into a string StrToTime Converts a time string into a TDateTime value TimePMString Determines PM value in DateTimeToString procedure TimeSeparator The character used to separate display time fields Example code : Show AM as Morning var myDate : TDateTime; formattedDate : string; begin myDate := StrToDateTime('09/02/2002 11:03'); // Format using the default TimeAMString value DateTimeToString(formattedDate, 'dd/mm/yyyy @ hh:nn ampm', myDate); ShowMessage('Using default AM value = '+formattedDate); // Format using the 'in the morning' value TimeAMString := 'in the morning'; DateTimeToString(formattedDate, 'dd/mm/yyyy @ hh:nn ampm', myDate); ShowMessage('With changed AM value = '+formattedDate); end; Show full unit code Using default AM value = 09/02/2002 @ 11:03 AM With changed AM value = 09/02/2002 @ 11:03 in the morning