ShortDayNames replacement

[Winch]

My compiler says that ShortDayNames and ShortMonthNames are deprecated. What should I be using instead. Googling only seems to bring up the old names.

I am running Windows 10

[zeljko]

Use it as DefaultFormatSettings.ShortDayNames etc
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/tformatsettings.html

[molly]

A quick glance on the documentation of ShortDayNames reveals:

This constant is deprecated. You should use DefaultFormatSettings.ShortDayNames instead.

... and the same for ShortMonthNames reveals:

This constant is deprecated. You should use DefaultFormatSettings.ShortMonthNames instead.

[Winch]

Many thanks zeljko and molly.

That's very clear, albeit a bit of a mouthful!

[molly]

...albeit a bit of a mouthful!

In case of a cold dark winter-day: 

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program test;

{$MODE OBJFPC}{$H+}

uses
  SysUtils;

var
  DF : TFormatSettings absolute  SysUtils.DefaultFormatSettings;
  S  : String;

begin
  with DF do
    for s in ShortMonthNames do WriteLn(S);
end.


[Winch]

Again thanks Molly.

I think I will just use the DefaultFormatSettings expression, as it's clear and will remove those annoying compiler messages and once done it won't matter that its a mouthful.