Name

IsDate

Synopsis

IsDate(string)

Returns True if the specified string can be converted to a valid date/time object or False if it can’t. Examples:

<CFOUTPUT>
Now(  ): #IsDate(Now(  ))#<BR>
08/15/1998: #IsDate('08/15/1998')#<BR>
15/08/1998: #IsDate('15/08/1998')#<BR>
13/13/1998: #IsDate('13/13/1998')#<BR>
August 15, 1998: #IsDate('August 15, 1998')#<BR>
15 Aug 1998: #IsDate('15 Aug 1998')#<BR>
August fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety eight : #IsDate('August fifteenth, 
nineteen hundred ninety eight')#<BR>
7 p.m.: #IsDate('7 p.m.')#<BR>
7pm: #IsDate('7pm')#<BR>
19:00: #IsDate('19:00')#<BR>
six thirty: #IsDate('six thirty')#
</CFOUTPUT>

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