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To change the date format you have to launch the BDE Administrator and set the data separator and the preferred date format. This is set in a different way the standard Windows regional settings so you may want to look up the BDE help. Then use the following code in your project source file:

...
uses
  SysUtils;
...
  Application.Initialize;
  { Have to do this right away }
  Application.UpdateFormatSettings := False;
  DateSeparator := { The date format separator }
  ShortDateFormat := { The short date format separator }
  LongDateFormat := { The long format separator }
...

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