> >> > I'm not sure what makes a variable "good" in this case, but if you > >> > offer more information, perhaps I can offer more information. > >> > >>I'm checking the value of a date to make sure it's legal. (I've had no > >>end of problems with the date parsing side of CFINPUT so I'm figured I'd > >>do it myself.) > > > I do worry that you are re-inventing the wheel. Have you looked at >the > > IsDate or LSIsDate function? > > I'm not sure if ColdFusion has a specific way to compare against a >given > > mask, though, but if your intent is to turn it into an ODBC date, the > > given mask doesn't matter if you use the CreateODBCDate function. > >How would CreateODBCDate() know the difference between 02/05/2002 and >05/02/2002? ... both are valid dates and both could represent the same two >dates, dependant upon who's entering it and whether or not they're in the >US...
You need to parse it to a CF Date Time object according to the locale. <cfif LsIsDate(someDate)> <cfset ODBCDate = CreateODBCDate(LsParseDateTime(someDate))> </cfif> Cheers, Mark ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
