IsDate in C#

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Wayne - 11 May 2004 00:25 GMT

In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns False. Is there such a built-in function in C#?
Thanks.

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Julie - 11 May 2004 00:52 GMT

> Wayne wrote:
>
> In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of
> type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns
> False. Is there such a built-in function in C#?
> Thanks.

You can use the DateTime.Parse() method. If it throws an exception, it isn't a
date:

try
{
System.DateTime dt = System.DateTime.Parse(str);
}
catch
{
// Not a date, handle appropriately
}

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Wayne - 11 May 2004 20:15 GMT

Thanks Julie! It works great.

> > Wayne wrote:
> >
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> // Not a date, handle appropriately
> }

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