title: Declare a TDateTime as a Const in Delphi
body: <p>As far as I know there is no way to do this, but I am going to ask just in case someone else knows how to do this.  How can I declare a date as a const in Delphi?  </p>
  
  <p>The only solution I have found is to use the numeric equivalent, which is <strong>kind of a pain</strong> to maintain because it is not human readable.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>const
    Expire : TDateTime = 39895; // Is actually 3/23/2009
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I would like to be able to do is something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>const
    Expire : TDateTime = TDateTime ('3/23/2009');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or</p>
  
  <pre><code>const
    Expire : TDateTime = StrToDate('3/23/2009');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So let me know if this is a feature request or if I just missed how to do this (yeah, I know it seems like an odd thing to want . . . .)</p>