Check to see if a value is a DateTime

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Hello all,

I've written the below but am aware it's not the best way to do it. Does
anyone have any other example please? The method simply checks to see if the
value is a date.

try
{
p.Value = DateTime.Parse(coll.Get(i)).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
}
catch
{
p.Value = coll.Get(i);
}

Thanks all,

Jon

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

Use the TryParse method of the DateTime class.

Here's more info:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ch92fbc1.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net

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Hello all,

I've written the below but am aware it's not the best way to do it. Does
anyone have any other example please? The method simply checks to see if
the
value is a date.

try
{
p.Value = DateTime.Parse(coll.Get(i)).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
}
catch
{
p.Value = coll.Get(i);
}

Thanks all,

Jon

[Alexey Smirnov]

On Mar 28, 12:58 am, Milosz Skalecki [MCAD]
<[e-mail]:

howdy

dim date as String = String.Empty
dim value as Object = coll.Get(i)

if typeof value is DateTime then
date = CType(value, DateTime).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")
end if

hope this helps
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Milosz

VB.Net has an IsDate() function that checks if the value is a date.