isdate¶

This function is used to determine whether a date string can be converted into a date value based on a specified format.

Syntax¶

isdate(string date , string format)

**Table 1** Parameters¶
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
date	Yes	DATE or STRING	String to be checked If the value is of the BIGINT, DOUBLE, DECIMAL, or DATETIME type, the value is implicitly converted to the STRING type for calculation. The value can be any string.
format	Yes	STRING	Format of the date to be converted Constant of the STRING type. Extended date formats are not supported. The value is a combination of the time unit (year, month, day, hour, minute, and second) and any character. YYYY or yyyy indicates the year. MM indicates the month. mm indicates the minute. dd indicates the day. HH indicates the 24-hour clock. hh indicates the 12-hour clock. mi indicates the minute. ss indicates the second. SSS indicates millisecond.

The return value is of the BOOLEAN type.

Note

If the value of date or format is NULL, NULL is returned.

The value true is returned.

select isdate('2023-08-10','yyyy-mm-dd');

The value false is returned.

select isdate(123456789,'yyyy-mm-dd');

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