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Field.AsDateTime ​

Declaration ​

property AsDateTime: string;

Example ​

pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
begin
  Value := Dataset['myfield'].AsDateTime; //the value of myfield is returned as a Date Time
end;

Description ​

Returns the value of the Field object as a Datetime (TDateTime). If the field is null then the default date of 12/30/1899 12:00 am.

It is recommended that you use this property when referencing Datetime type fields. This will help you avoid issues with null values causing Datetime and Formatting functions to fail.