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 [email protected] > Am 24.04.2025 um 16:58 schrieb WalterPachl <[email protected]>: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users > > LG > > Walter >
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