String Intrinsic Functions - IsDateTime Method

Test if the variable is a datetime

Member of String Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.IStringIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name

Type

Data Type

Description

Result

*Result (Optional)

Boolean

True if the variable is a valid datetime

Format

*Input (Optional)

Enumeration

Format of the datetime

Details

IsDateTime will return True if the variable can be converted to a valid datetime in the specified format.

IsDateTime will often be used before AsDateTime to better handle potential errors.

Allowed Formats

Enum Value

Description

CCYYDDMMHHMMSS

e.g. "20153105113045"

CCYYMMDDHHMMSS

e.g. "20150531113045"

HHMMSSDDMMCCYY

e.g. "11304531052015"

HHMMSSDDMMYY

e.g. "113045310515"

ISO

e.g. "2015-05-31 11:30:45"

Localized_SQL

e.g. "2015-05-31 11:30:45"

SQL

e.g. "2015-05-31 11:30:45"

TZ

e.g. "2015-05-20T01:16:05Z" or "2015-05-20T01:18:17+10:00" if appending the UTC offset

Example

In this example, IsDateTime expects a variable in the format CCYYMMDDHHMMSS

     If (#Variable.IsDateTime(CCYYMMDDHHMMSS)
#Datetime := #Variable.AsDateTime(CCYYMMDDHHMMSS)
Endif

See also

All Component Classes

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