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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">IsDate Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-24T13:00:12">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145090"><bookmark_value>IsDate function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145090" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102300.xhp" name="IsDate Function [Runtime]">IsDate Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Tests if a numeric or string expression can be converted to a <emph>Date</emph> variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">IsDate (Expression)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Bool</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Expression:</emph> Any numeric or string expression that you want to test. If the expression can be converted to a date, the function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise the function returns <emph>False</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleIsDate</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sDateVar As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sDateVar = "12.12.1997"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">    Print IsDate(sDateVar) ' Returns True</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sDateVar = "12121997"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">    Print IsDate(sDateVar) ' Returns False</paragraph>
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