[Newbies] How to test a String if it is a valid date?

[Dan Norton]

On 29 Mar 2016 at 19:07, Joseph Alotta wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I want to test a String to see if it can be a Date using mm/dd/yyyy
> format.  I want something that won´t cause a walkback window.  Is
> there a String method isValidAsADate?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Joe.
> 

You might have a method like this:

isDate: aString
	"Answer whether aString is in the form 'mm/dd/yyyy' "
	| w x |
	w := aString asString select: [:a | a isDigit or: a = $/].
	x := w findTokens: '/'.
	^ x size = 3 and: [w  = aString]


This is the general idea. Let me know if you have any questions.

 - Dan
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