Sometimes it is necessary to change a date format of date field, when you show data from your database. You may use DisplayFormat property of TDateField type.
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin with table1 do begin TDateField(FieldByName('Date1')).DisplayFormat:='dd*mm*yyyy'; TDateField(FieldByName('Date2')).DisplayFormat:='ddmmyyyy'; Active:=True; end; end;