verifying date values

[dsavitsk]

i needed to accept both a string of characters '12042000' as well as a list
of formatting parameters 'MMDDYYYY' and see if the date when formatted by
the params was a date, and if not why. i ended up just writing a little
function myself.  thanks though.


"richard_chamberlain" <richard_chamberlain at ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Marc Lemburg's mxDateTime module (do a search at www.vex.net/parnassus)
> returns a RangeError if you create a date that doesn't exist. I've created
a
> checkDate method below which returns 0 or 1.
>
> mxDateTime is an excellent module if you're going to be doing anything
> complicated with dates or times.
>
> Richard
>
> import DateTime
>
> def checkDate(y,m,d):
>     "year,month,day"
>     try:
>         checkDate=DateTime.DateTime(y,m,d)
>     except DateTime.RangeError:
>         return 0
>     else:
>         return 1
> def testDates(y,m,d):
>     print '%d/%d/%d' %(y,m,d)
>     if checkDate(y,m,d):
>         print 'is ok'
>     else:
>         print 'is not valid'
>
> def main():
>     testDates(2000,3,10)
>     testDates(2000,13,3)
>
> if __name__=='__main__':
>     main()
>
>
> dsavitsk <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote in message
> news:PcQ45.16280$dF.645882 at news1.rdc1.il.home.com...
> > is there a quick way to see if a string is a valid date? something like
> >
> > >>> isDate('5/22/1999')
> > 1
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>