title: How to change the system shortdatetime format using delphi xe3
body: <p>I am going to try and make the question as simple as possible.</p>
  
  <p>How do i either convert the system date to a format i would like, and still keep it a date and not a string.
  Or how do i get the system's date format, to adjust my dates accordingly.</p>
  
  <p>When i call </p>
  
  <pre><code>FormatShortdateTime('d/M/yyyy',Date);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the correct date as string, but cannot convert it back to a Tdate and use it, then it clashes with the system date settings.</p>
  
  <p>If i can get the system shortdate format the problem would be solved.</p>