isDate

 

 

Overview

The isDate function returns true if the specified argument {obj} is a Date type; otherwise, false is returned.

Usage

The isDate function is used to determine if an object is a Date. An alternate method of determining if an object is a Date, is the use of the isType function. See the isType function.

 

Syntax

Expression:

(isDate obj)


Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:objCharacter String Symbol Vector BitVector ByteVector IntVector Void FltVector ObjVector Structure Dictionary Directory Brick Pair List Matrix NumMatrix Integer Float Number Complex Boolean An object to be tested.

Returns:

Returns true if the object is a Date, false is returned otherwise


 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Character String Symbol Vector
BitVector ByteVector IntVector Void
FltVector ObjVector Structure Dictionary
Directory Brick Pair List
Matrix NumMatrix Integer Float
Number Complex Boolean

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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