10 6 28 IsDateTime

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10.6.28 IsDateTime

IsDateTime will return true if the string can be converted to a valid datetime in the specified format. IsDateTime will often be used before AsDateTime to better handle potential errors.

Input Parameters

Format - Datetime format expected in the string variable. Allowable formats are:

CCYYDDMMHHMMSS

CCYYMMDDHHMMSS

HHMMSSDDMMCCYY

HHMMSSDDMMYY

ISO

Localized_SQL

SQL

TZ

Example

If (#string.IsDateTime(ccyymmddhhmmss)

 

#Datetime := #string.Asdatetime(ccyymmddhhmmss)

 

else

 

* Error processing

 

Endif

 

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