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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">IsDate Function</title>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3145090" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102300.xhp" name="IsDate Function">IsDate Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153311" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Tests if a numeric or string expression can be converted to a <emph>Date</emph> variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153824" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">IsDate (Expression)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3143270" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147560" localize="false" role="paragraph">Boolean</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3148947" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145069" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Any numeric or string expression that you want to test. If the expression can be converted to a date, the function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise the function returns <emph>False</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150447" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340791552" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleIsDate</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340790320" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sDateVar As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340789088" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sDateVar = "12.12.1997"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id31508692102" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print IsDate(sDateVar) ' True</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340786096" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sDateVar = "12121997"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id31472883695" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print IsDate(sDateVar) ' False</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340783056" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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