is a date

[Yves COPPE]

Hi,

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


answer CheckDate(tDate)

> Le 14 oct. 2017 à 19:27, Roger Eller via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> a écrit :
> 
> That's what I suspected.  So to build a slightly better trap, I am doing
> this:
> 
> if tDate is a date and length(tDate) > 5 and tDate contains "/" then
>   put "true"
>   else
>   put "false"
> end if
> 
> I am sure there is probably a standard way to catch all possible date
> formats (excluding "the seconds"), but this works for most.
> 
> ~Roger
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Roger,
>> 
>>> Am 14.10.2017 um 18:30 schrieb Roger Eller via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> put "11/20/2017" is a date
>>> returns true
>>> ----
>>> put "10" is a date
>>> returns true
>>> ----
>>> put "raccoon" is a date
>>> returns false
>>> ----
>>> 
>>> WHY is "10" seen as a date?
>> 
>> looks like the engine is seeing seconds also as a possible valid date.
>> 
>> convert 0 to long date and long time;put it -> Thursday, January 1, 1970
>> 1:00:00 AM
>> 1:00:00 = DST here in germany!
>> 
>> convert 10 to long date and long time;put it -> Thursday, January 1, 1970
>> 1:00:10 AM
>> etc...
>> 
>> And of course:
>> put (the seconds) is a date -> TRUE
>> 
>>> ~Roger
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Klaus
>> 
>> --
>> Klaus Major
>> http://www.major-k.de
>> klaus at major-k.de
>> 
>> 
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