[Tutor] Copy Files, Dates

[Mike Hansen]

Danny Yoo wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Danny Yoo wrote:
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>>>>>isDate('April 18, 2003')
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>>>>>
>><DateTime object for '2018-04-01 20:03:00.00' at 8125250>
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>Hmmm... actually, doesn't that look really weird to anyone else?  *grin* I
>didn't notice it before, but the date that it parsed is totally not right.
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>Instead of DateTimeFromString, I tried using DateFromString, with slightly
>better-but-still-weird values coming from the function.  With the
>substitution to DateFromString, here's what happens now:
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>>>>isDate('04-18-2003')
>>>>        
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><DateTime object for '2003-04-18 00:00:00.00' at 81b5670>
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>>>>isDate('February 12, 2002')
>>>>        
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><DateTime object for '2012-02-01 00:00:00.00' at 8125250>
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>>>>isDate('Mumbember 12, 2002')
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>0
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>>>>isDate('1999/03/30')
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>0
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>>>>isDate('03/30/1999')
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><DateTime object for '1999-03-30 00:00:00.00' at 8125250>
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>So there's something still wacky here...  It might make an interesting
>project for someone to try improving mx.DateTime.parser.DateFromString to
>give better results.
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Hmmm..I'll take a close look at mxDate before using it. I'll also 
explore other solutions to my IsDate() function.

Thanks.

Mike