why not have the engine do it for you - use convert to convert the possible date to whatever format you're expecting. If it the answer isn't the same, then you don't have a date.
On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 7:05 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Yeah. Unless you require a year or something, that'd work. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > On October 15, 2017 4:23:20 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Or x is a date and x is not an integer ? >> >> -- Alex. >> >> >> On 15/10/2017 21:37, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> >>> You know, after all the dicussion here, I'm not sure any of the >>> options are better than "x is a date". The one exception may be that >>> any integer is considered a date. To get around that we could just >>> check that there are 3 items delimited by slashes before testing for >>> "is a date". >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode