Gary,

Try:
EMPTY( CTOD(YourCharacterDateString) )

if EMPTY is .T. it's an illegal date string


>Hello All!
>
>Is there any way to test whether a date constant/string is a valid date ?
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>For example, if a constant is assembled as follows :-
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>{^2001/06/31}
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>Clearly, this is an invalid date as there are only 30 days in June. To test whether a date string is valid, I could set up an error handler and subject this date string/constant to a date calculation. If it fails, then it is trapped and I have an invalid date.
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>However, is there a way to do this without an error handler, just using this value in some form of expression that returns True/False or a DateValue/EmptyDateValue or similar ?
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>Any tips much appreciated.