[Lazarus] DateDif function needed

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:

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> Am 2013-11-09 13:43, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
>> So what ? Do an EncodeDate() and you're all set.
>> 
> That would be a real performance hit (i.e. when sorting by date)
> if you have stored dates in year, month, day... format.
> Each comparison then needs multiple convertions each time.

Not if you store everything as a DateTime and use that. The format is such that it sorts naturally.

But hey, who am I to try and convince you ?

Michael.