Determining whether a string is a date, time, or date and time

[Nathan Sokalski]

When determining whether a String can be converted to a DateTime, you can
use the IsDate() method. However, I would also like to know whether the
string is a date, a time, or both a date and a time. Is there any simple way
to do this without using manual pattern matching? Thanks.
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When determining whether a String can be converted to a DateTime, you
can use the IsDate() method. However, I would also like to know
whether the string is a date, a time, or both a date and a time. Is
there any simple way to do this without using manual pattern matching?
Thanks.

Perhaps you can use the Convert.ToDate() function? Once you convert it to a
date, you can check the .Date and .Time properties to determine the
original values?

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[Nathan Sokalski]

This would not work. The reason I need to know this information is so that I
know whether to include the date, time, or both when submitting the data to
a database. The reason your suggestion will not work is because a Date
object ALWAYS has a date and time, even if the date is the default date or
the time is 0:00 or 12:00 or whatever. Therefore, looking at these parts of
the Date will tell me nothing about whether a date, time, or both were
included in the original String.
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>When determining whether a String can be converted to a DateTime, you
can use the IsDate() method. However, I would also like to know
whether the string is a date, a time, or both a date and a time. Is
there any simple way to do this without using manual pattern matching?
Thanks.

Perhaps you can use the Convert.ToDate() function? Once you convert it to
a
date, you can check the .Date and .Time properties to determine the
original values?

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[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Nathan,

Just creating a different box for the date and time string makes things a
lot easier.
Especially on a website where this is even more common.

There are in different cultures two kind of clock registrations used.

With an 24 hour clock and a 12 hour clock even about this you have to take
care of.

Cor

[Patrice]

Which DB are you using ? It also has a default time anyway so even if you
don't include a time part it will have a default time part server side ?

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This would not work. The reason I need to know this information is so that
I know whether to include the date, time, or both when submitting the data
to a database. The reason your suggestion will not work is because a Date
object ALWAYS has a date and time, even if the date is the default date or
the time is 0:00 or 12:00 or whatever. Therefore, looking at these parts
of the Date will tell me nothing about whether a date, time, or both were
included in the original String.
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Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

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>"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hotmail.comwrote in
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>>When determining whether a String can be converted to a DateTime, you
can use the IsDate() method. However, I would also like to know
whether the string is a date, a time, or both a date and a time. Is
there any simple way to do this without using manual pattern matching?
Thanks.

Perhaps you can use the Convert.ToDate() function? Once you convert it to
a
date, you can check the .Date and .Time properties to determine the
original values?

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