Can you post the code?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 30/11/2004 09:41:19 AM:
> 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
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>
>
> 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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