How do I check a date is valid? 1

[James1981]

Hi,

I need to check a date that a user has entered is valid, taking account of days in a month and leap years.

For example 31-Feb-03 Would always be invalid.

is there a Function in DateTime that can check such a thing?

Cheers
James

 

[Zarcom]

IsDate(datestring)

returns a boolean indicated if the string can be converted to a date. That'l do donkey, that'l do
Mark
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[James1981]

Mark,

Tried using this but it doesn't seem to work - is this method VB.net only? I am using c#...

James

 

[xloop]

James

string myDate = "1/10/2002";

try
{
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(myDate);
}
catch
{
// invalid date if this is executed
}