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| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">IsDate Function [Runtime]</title> |
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| <bookmark_value>IsDate function</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145090" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102300.xhp" name="IsDate Function [Runtime]">IsDate Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Tests if a numeric or string expression can be converted to a <emph>Date</emph> variable.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">IsDate (Expression)</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Bool</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Expression:</emph> Any numeric or string expression that you want to test. If the expression can be converted to a date, the function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise the function returns <emph>False</emph>.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleIsDate</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153970" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sDateVar as String</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sDateVar = "12.12.1997"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">print IsDate(sDateVar) REM Returns True</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148453" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sDateVar = "12121997"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">print IsDate(sDateVar) REM Returns False</paragraph> |
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