Monday, April 7, 2008

Check if a date is a valid date in Sql Server 2005

Use the ISDATE() function

The ISDATE() function determines whether the variable or the expression contains a valid date. It returns 1(true) if the input expression is a valid date;

otherwise, it returns 0 (false).

For eg:

DECLARE @dt varchar(10)

SET @dt = '02/21/08'

SELECT ISDATE(@dt)-- Returns 1

DECLARE @dt varchar(10)

SET @dt = '13/21/08'

SELECT ISDATE(@dt)-- Returns 0 as 13 is not a valid month