How do I get the current time in Delphi?

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How do I get the current time in Delphi?

“get current date delphi” Code Answer

  1. var.
  2. currentDate: TDateTime;
  3. begin.
  4. currentDate := Now;
  5. ShowMessage(DateToStr(currentDate)); //Show the current date.
  6. ShowMessage(TimeToStr(currentDate)); //Show the current time.
  7. end;

How many milliseconds is 1 ms?

Second to Millisecond Conversion Table

Seconds Milliseconds
0.7 sec 700 ms
0.8 sec 800 ms
0.9 sec 900 ms
1 sec 1,000 ms

How many MS is in a minute?

How Many Milliseconds in a Minute? There are 60000 milliseconds in a minute. 1 Minute is equal to 60000 Milliseconds.

What is TDate?

Date and Time Data Types TDate is used to represent a date. TTime is used to represent a time.

How to convert Delphi tdatetime to string with?

In case of millisecond precision it is possible to use formatting: but I need three more digits (microseconds). It is possible to take the fractional part and divide it by 1/86400/1000000 but I’m looking for more efficient way to convert it. The accuracy of a date-time varies depending how far away from “zero” you are.

How to calculate the accuracy of a Delphi date time?

The accuracy of a date-time varies depending how far away from “zero” you are. A Delphi TDateTime is actually an 8-byte floating point Double, with zero being 12/31/1899 12:00:00 am. We can figure out the precision of a TDateTime by incrementing the floating point datetime by the smallest quantum possible:

Is it OK to convert interval to tdatetime?

As long as the interval is less than 24 hours you should be ok. What you will have to do is convert the interval to a TDateTime format first. A TDateTime is like a floating point variable, with the fractional part representing the time of day. So 0.5 would be 12:00 noon, 0.1 would be 2.4 hours, or 02:24 a.m.

Which is the fractional part of tdatetime?

A TDateTime is like a floating point variable, with the fractional part representing the time of day. So 0.5 would be 12:00 noon, 0.1 would be 2.4 hours, or 02:24 a.m. To get hour, 24 hours per day.)