How do I convert an ISO 8601 string to a Delphi TDate?

Question

I can convert a Delphi TDate to ISO 8601 format easily using this:

DateTimeToString(result, \'yyyy-mm-dd\', myDate);

What\'s the idiomatic

Answer 1

From XE8 onwards, use ISO8601ToDate (and DateToISO8601) from dateutils.pas.

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/XE8/en/System.DateUtils.ISO8601ToDate