Visual Basic for Applications Reference

IsDate Function Example

This example uses the IsDate function to determine if an expression can be converted to a date.

  Dim MyDate, YourDate, NoDate, MyCheck
MyDate = "February 12, 1969": YourDate = #2/12/69#: NoDate = "Hello"
MyCheck = IsDate(MyDate)   ' Returns True.
MyCheck = IsDate(YourDate)   ' Returns True.
MyCheck = IsDate(NoDate)   ' Returns False.