IsDate in C#

[Wayne]

In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns False. Is there such a built-in function in C#?
Thanks.

[Julie]

> Wayne wrote:

In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of
type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns
False. Is there such a built-in function in C#?
Thanks.

You can use the DateTime.Parse() method. If it throws an exception, it isn't a
date:

try
{
System.DateTime dt = System.DateTime.Parse(str);
}
catch
{
// Not a date, handle appropriately
}

[Wayne]

Thanks Julie! It works great.
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Wayne wrote:

In VB6 there is a function IsDate that returns True if the expression is of type Date or is a string convertible to type Date; otherwise, it returns
False. Is there such a built-in function in C#?
Thanks.
You can use the DateTime.Parse() method. If it throws an exception, it

isn't a date:

try
{
System.DateTime dt = System.DateTime.Parse(str);
}
catch
{
// Not a date, handle appropriately
}