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# DateOf

The **DateOf** function strips the time portion from a **TDateTime** value, by extracting the date part from the parameter **AValue** and returning the result.

The time portion of **AValue** is set to 00:00:00 - or midnight, and excluded.

**Declaration**: Function DateOf(const AValue: TDateTime): TDateTime;

An example follows.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var
  TrimDate : TDateTime;
  DispDate : string;
begin
  TrimDate := DateOf(Now)
  DispDate := FormatDateTime('dd mmm yyyy', TrimDate)

 //Displays as dd mmm yyyy only
  LogInfo('Formatted Date is: ' + DispDate);

end;
```

Please also see **Date** which performs a similar function.