>>

>>cDate = '081308'
>>cTime = '0945'
>>cValue = cDate + cTime
>>
>>dNewDate = CTOT(TRANSFORM(cValue),'@R ^99/99/99T99:99:99'))
>>

>>The Result is a valid DateTime.
>>
>>But what if the cValue is not a valid datetime? I want to be able to do this:
>>

>>IF cValue is a valid datetime
>>	dNewDate = CTOT(TRANSFORM(cValue),'@R ^99/99/99T99:99:99'))
>>ELSE
>>	* This is some other type and I do not want to try and convert it
>>ENDIF
>>

>>This is for a report where cValue can be anything. It is always character, but on the report I want to evaluate it and display a real date if it is a date, but leave it alone if it is not.
>
>
>Get some beer :-)

Too early here!

>

>dNewDate = CTOT(TRANSFORM(cValue),'@R ^99/99/99T99:99:99'))
>IF EMPTY(dNewDate)
>    *** Not a valid date time
>ELSE
>     *** Valid date time
>ENDIF
>

Ok, so...

IIF(EMPTY(CTOT(TRANSFORM(cValue),'@R ^99/99/99T99:99:99'))),cValue,CTOT(TRANSFORM(cValue),'@R ^99/99/99T99:99:99')))

I guess I was trying not to add the conditinal overhead to every value in the detail line in the report, but now that I think about it, there really is no other way.