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delphi how to convert twitter timestamp to TDatetime

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what is the code to convert twitter date time stamp to TDateTime?

edit: StrDateTime(const string;TFormatSettings);

could handle some of it, now only to figure out how to intoduce new format.

Solution

  • Since we don't have the ParseExact function, you need to parse the components of the timestamp positionally. You could do it with the Copy() function. ex:

    TheMonthAsString := Copy(TwitterDate,5,3);
TheDayAsString := Copy(TwitterDate,9,2);
etc..

    Convert those pieces to Integers, and then you can use EncodeDateTime (in the DateUtils unit) (Thanks Jens!) to generate a TDateTime.

    Summary: Pick the string apart into the individual components of the timestamp, and convert that to a TDateTime using EncodeDateTime or StrToDateTime.