Need Advice on Functions To Test For Valid Dates

[drosenkranz]

It's late and I'm tired and I want my VB back. Haven't had to use FoxPro since '92. I know this is a pretty basic question but how would you evaluate a user's entry to see if its a valid date?

Can you do it with and without the CTOD function? Thanks

 

[dmedeot]

Fox automatically evaluates if its a valid date.

Dario

 

[foxdev]

If ldMyDate is a date-type value, then you could check it like this:

[tt]day(ldMyDate) > 0[/tt]

If lcMyDate is character type, then try this:

[tt]ctod(day(lcMyDate)) > 0[/tt]


Robert Bradley

http://www.foxdev.com/

 

[dmedeot]

Or you could try this:

!empty(ldMyDate)


Dario