David Pokluda
1/26/2006 6:23:00 PM
I would use the following method to do that:
public date convert2date(str _dateValue)
{
date dateValue = str2date(_dateValue, 123);
;
if (str2date('', 123) == dateValue)
throw Exception::Error;
return dateValue;
}
Regards,
David.
"Axdeveloper" <Axdeveloper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I read some xml input data into a few tables. For example, i have a date
> which i insert into a string field of a table. Later, i convert in code
> the
> string to a date and put it into a new table like this: newField =
> str2date(field,123).
> What i would like to know is if the sequence "123" really is 123 and not
> some other. If it is not 123, my date is not valid and i must throw an
> error.
> Can i determine the date's format with an in-built axapta method or how
> can
> i check it?
> thanxs a lot