LSIsDate

Description

Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a date/time value in the current locale.

Returns

True, if the string can be formatted as a date/time value in the current locale; False, otherwise.

Category

Syntax

LSIsDate(date [, locale])

See also

History

ColdFusion (2018 release): Introduced named parameters.

ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter.

ColdFusion MX:

  • Changed formatting behavior: this function might return a different result than in earlier releases. This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.
  • Changed behavior: this function accepts a dash or hyphen character only in the Dutch(Standard) and Portuguese (Standard) locales. If called this way (for example, LsIsDate("3-1-2002") in any other locale, this function returns False. (Earlier releases returned True.)
  • Changed behavior: when using the SUN JRE 1.3.1 on an English(UK) locale, this function returns False for a date that has a one-digit month or day (for example, 1/1/01). To work around this, insert a zero in a one-digit month or day (for example, 01/01/01).

Parameters

Parameter

Description

date

A string or a variable that contains one

locale

Locale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function

Usage

A date/time object is in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.To set the default display format of date, time, number, and currency values, use the SetLocale function.

Example

<cfscript>
    date="10-16-2018"
    locale=getLocale()
    writeOutput("Locale is: " & locale & "<br/>")
    writeOutput(LSISDate(date,locale))
</cfscript>

Output

Locale is: English (US)
NO

 Adobe

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