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If the expression can be converted to a date, the function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise the function returns <emph>False</emph>.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Sub ExampleIsDate</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153970" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim sDateVar as String</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">sDateVar = "12.12.1997"</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">print IsDate(sDateVar) REM Returns True</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148453" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">sDateVar = "12121997"</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">print IsDate(sDateVar) REM Returns False</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">end sub</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 64