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# LongDateFormat

Long date format string (subject to locale).

## Declaration

Source position: sysinth.inc line 100

`var LongDateFormat: string;`

## Description

LongDateFormat contains a template to format a date in a long format. It is used by the date formatting routines. The initialization routines of the SysUtils unit initialize this string with a value conforming to the regional preferences of the user or system regional default.

## See also

ShortDateFormat |  | Short Date Format string (subject to locale).
FormatDateTime |  | Return a string representation of a TDateTime value with a given format.
DateSeparator |  | Date separator character (subject to locale).

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014