Programming ColdFusion

Name

LSIsDate

Synopsis

LSIsDate(date)

Functions identically to the IsDate( ) function within the context of the current locale. Returns True if date can be converted to a date/time object in the current locale or False if it can’t. The following example determines whether the supplied values are valid date/time objects for each locale:

<CFLOOP INDEX="locale" LIST="#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#">
  <CFSET temp = SetLocale(locale)>
  <CFOUTPUT>
    <P><B>#locale#</B><BR>
    08/15/1998: #LSIsDate('08/15/1998')#<BR>
    15/08/1998: #LSIsDate('15/08/1998')#<BR>
    13/13/1998: #LSIsDate('13/13/1998')#<BR>
    August 15, 1998: #LSIsDate('August 15, 1998')#<BR>
    15 Aug 1998: #LSIsDate('15 Aug 1998')#<BR>
    7 p.m.: #LSIsDate('7 p.m.')#<BR>
    7pm: #LSIsDate('7pm')#<BR>
    19:00: #LSIsDate('19:00')#<BR>
    six thirty: #LSIsDate('six thirty')#
  </CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>