This was my initial idea to convert it to days and back again to see if the
date was the same, but date checks the date and I do not want to set up a
signal on error or something, a yes/no would be just fine
Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
P.O. Jonsson
oor...@jonases.se
> Am 24.04.2025 um 16:58 schrieb WalterPachl <pa...@chello.at>:
>
> F:\>rexx datecheck
> 1 *-* say date('S',19660230,'S')
> Error 40 running F:\datecheck.rex line 1: Incorrect call to routine.
> Error 40.19: DATE argument 2, "19660230", is not in the format described by
> argument 3, "S".
>> P.O. Jonsson <oor...@jonases.se> hat am 24.04.2025 16:45 CEST geschrieben:
>>
>>
>> I have records coming in with potentially illegal dates, like ccyymmdd =
>> "19660230"
>>
>> How does one go about checking if an entity is a valid date (30th of
>> February is a real case coming in), my further processing relies on this so
>> the program breaks for illegal dates.
>>
>> I thought there would be a method date~isvaliddate() or something to use but
>> I cannot find anything like that. I would prefer not to parse and check days
>> months years etc. entering the number above in date() invariably breaks the
>> processing.
>>
>> Any ideas anyone?
>>
>> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
>> P.O. Jonsson
>> oor...@jonases.se
>>
>>
>>
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> LG
>
> Walter
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