Date validation in REXX 1

[Jimanderin]

Hello

Does anyone know of a date validation routine I can use in REXX. I know how to add days to a date, but I need to validate the date that a user inputs?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Jim

 

[rexxhead]

'Validate' in what sense? Do you need to know that the user has given you 050517 as opposed to 05137, or do you merely need to know that 20050535 is not a date that can be converted?

The latter presumes you know that the date pattern is ccyymmdd (or whatever you get); convert that to any other form and have a Syntax handler ready because it will generate an "invalid call" error.

Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster