Delphi DateTimeFormat returning wrong year

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Published on 2010-04-15T17:58:05Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 18:13 UTC
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I have a form that allows users to enter a date of birth:

ie: 4/16/40

Then when the user processes the form there's a function that checks it's length, adds leading zeros, parses the date and then uses FormatDateTime to just return the year of birth:

strTemp := strPostedByDOB;
If Length(strTemp) = 5
  then strTemp = '0' + strTemp;
if Length(strTemp) = 6 
  then begin
    strTemp := Copy(strTemp, 1 ,2) + '/' + copy(strTemp, 3, 2) + '/' + Copy(strTemp, 5, 2);
    strTemp := FormatDateTime('YYYY', StrToDate(strTemp));
end
else strTemp := EmptyStr;

using this code the strTemp is calculated as 2040 instead of 1940. Can anyone help me figure out how to make it show 1940 in strTemp? Do I have to change the form to accept a 4 digit year?

Thanks, Leslie

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