I have had difficulty trusting the isDate() function also. I fell back to using
<cfif isdefined("whatsnew.event_date") and len(trim(whatsnew.event_date)) gt 0> take action </cfif> Charlie Hanlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:28 PM Subject: Re: testing for an undefined date > It still seems to be enacting the code. I also tried <cfif > isDefined('whatsnew.event_date')> > > I guess it's a date but an empty date or something like that since isDate > didn't help. > >><cfif isDate(whatsnew.event_date)> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229495 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54