diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 28c9f43601..04c007bde7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1938,6 +1938,7 @@ packages/fcl-base/examples/fpdoc.dtd -text
 packages/fcl-base/examples/fpexprpars.txt svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-base/examples/fstream.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-base/examples/htdump.pp svneol=native#text/plain
+packages/fcl-base/examples/inifmt.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-base/examples/intl/Makefile svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-base/examples/intl/README.txt svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-base/examples/intl/restest.cs.mo -text
diff --git a/packages/fcl-base/examples/inifmt.pp b/packages/fcl-base/examples/inifmt.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..035eb45c75
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+++ b/packages/fcl-base/examples/inifmt.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+program inifmt;
+
+{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
+
+uses
+  {$IFDEF UNIX}{$IFDEF UseCThreads}
+  cthreads,
+  {$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}
+  Classes, IniFiles, SysUtils
+  { you can add units after this };
+
+var
+  ini: TCustomIniFile;
+  x: Double;
+  t: TTime;
+  d: TDate;
+  dt: TDateTime;
+  iniName: String = 'test.ini';
+  L: TStringList;
+  i: Integer;
+
+begin
+  x := 1.2345;
+  t := time();
+  d := date();
+  dt := now();
+
+  ini := TMemIniFile.Create(iniName);
+  ini.FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator := '|';
+  ini.FormatSettingsActive := true;
+  ini.WriteFloat('Data', 'float', 1.2345);
+  ini.WriteTime('Data', 'time', t);
+  ini.WriteDate('Data', 'date', d);
+  ini.WriteDateTime('Data', 'datetime', dt);
+  ini.Free;
+
+  WriteLn('-----------------------------------------------------------');
+  WriteLn('Ini file (direct file content)');
+  WriteLn('-----------------------------------------------------------');
+  L := TStringList.Create;
+  L.LoadfromFile(ininame);
+  for i:=0 to L.Count-1 do
+    WriteLn(L[i]);
+  L.Free;
+  WriteLn;
+
+  ini := TMemIniFile.Create(iniName);
+  ini.FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator := '|';
+  ini.FormatSettingsActive := true;
+  x := ini.ReadFloat('Data', 'float', 0);
+  t := ini.ReadTime('Data', 'time', 0);
+  d := ini.ReadDate('Data', 'date', 0);
+  dt := ini.ReadDateTime('Data', 'datetime', 0);
+  ini.Free;
+
+  WriteLn('------------------------------------------------------------------');
+  WriteLn('Read input data from ini file (output using DefaultFormatSettings)');
+  WriteLn('------------------------------------------------------------------');
+  WriteLn('float = ', FloatToStr(x));
+  WriteLn('time = ', TimeToStr(t));
+  WriteLn('date = ', DateToStr(d));
+  WriteLn('date/time = ', DateTimeToStr(dt));
+  WriteLn;
+
+  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
+  WriteLn('Press [ENTER] to quit...');
+  ReadLn;
+  {$ENDIF}
+end.
+
+