Come on. That's easy :-)
Parse Arg dt
If dt='' Then dt=19660230
Signal on Syntax
x=date('S',dt,'S')
Say dt 'is valid'
Return 1
Syntax:
Say dt 'is not valid'
Return 0
Greetings
Walter
> P.O. Jonsson <[email protected]> hat am 24.04.2025 17:01 CEST geschrieben:
>
>
> That is the problem, not the solution ;-) I want to have a logical value to
> test on, not a broken value function call
>
> 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]
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > LG
> >
> > Walter
> >
>
LG
Walter
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