is a date

[Michael Doub]

What about this from the Master Library from Ken Ray?

function isDate pWhat
    /* isDate Date
    Syntax:
    isDate (pWhat)
    Examples:
    isDate("10/10/2001")
    Description:
    Determines if the container passed to it in <pWhat> contains a valid 
date.

    Returns true or false.

    Source:
    Ken Ray, sdtlib 1.0b
    isDate */
    convert pWhat to short date
    return not(the result is "invalid date")
end isDate


On 10/14/17 3:52 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
> On 10/14/17 2:14 PM, Yves COPPE via use-livecode wrote:
>> Try this
>>
>> function CheckDate pDateToCheck
>>
>> return 
>> matchText(pDateToCheck,"([1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0[1-9]|1[0-2])/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])")
>>
>> end CheckDate
>
> Promising, but fails with dates like "1/1/19".
>