Hmmmm.. thanks Darryl. I thought I was pretty familiar with CFMX now,
but that's a function I had never noticed before.
I used ParseDateTime() on the string and got {ts '2004-11-30
10:28:00'} . I reckon that's a date. And I reckon it's in valid ODBC
format. But no, I still get the following error:
[quote]
The value "Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:28:00 GMT+11:00" could not be converted
to a date.
[/quote]
This happens inside the IsDate function. I'd have thought the purpose
of the IsDate function was to check if the content was a date or not.
If it's not, isnt that what the function is supposed to be for? Why
doesnt it just return false instead of throwing an error?
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com
.com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:15:28 +1000, Darryl Lyons
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does the parsedatetime function help?
>
> Darryl
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 30/11/2004 09:04:31 AM:
>
>
>
> > I'm using the function isDate() to determine if a string is a date,
> > and if so, format it and output the result. If it's not a date object,
> > then do nothing.
> >
> > Ok fine. But when the RSS feed gives it the value "Tue, 30 Nov 2004
> > 09:41:00 GMT+11:00" it throws an error. The actual error is:
> >
> > [quote]
> > The value "Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:41:00 GMT+11:00" could not be converted
> > to a date.
> > [/quote]
> >
> > I thought that if this string couldn't be converted to a date, that's
> > precisely what that function is for. Apparently not. So what
> > exactly IS it for? And how do I do what i need then?
> >
> > Here's the code in question:
> >
> > <cfif isdate(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext)>
> > #lcase(timeformat(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext, "h:mmtt"))#
> > </cfif>
> >
> > So if the variable isnt a date (looks like one to me but lets not
> > bother about that now) why doesnt this just skip over it and move on?
> > Why does it throw an error?
> >
> >
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