TIniFile.ReadDate

function ReadDate(const Section, Ident: string; Default: TDateTime): TDateTime Section: Section name Ident: Property name (key) Default: Value used as a result when the key has not been found Result: Value of a key (if successful) or Default (if not)

Description
This function will try to read a TDateTime value from specified section and key If it fails to do so for some reason, the Default value is returned. Note that TDateTime is equivalent to Double. Important: Result is a number of days that have passed since 1899-12-30 till date under the key in the ini file. Because of that, it's probably a good idea to use ReadString to read a clarified date. You could also encode it using one of the available Functions

Example
example.ini in soldatserver's root folder

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