Gary,

If you was a PUTM, you would be able to find this solution, because this problem was discussed here quite recently... Unfortunately, you can not search...

>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,
>>
>>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 ?
>>>
>>>For example, if a constant is assembled as follows :-
>>>
>>>{^2001/06/31}
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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 ?
>>>
>>>Any tips much appreciated.