Jill:

What a Gal ! Exactly the type of solution I was looking for. I knew there must be one, I just couldn't see it. Thank you so much !

>Gary,
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>Try:
>EMPTY( CTOD(YourCharacterDateString) )
>
>if EMPTY is .T. it's an illegal date string
>
>
>>Hello All!
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>>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.