~~Title: ParseDate~~
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ParseDate && date or bool && The parsed date, or **false** if parsing failed. &&
datetime && string && The date/time string to parse. &&
[format] && string && Date format specification.
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Parses a date/time string to a date value, with controllable formatting.

If the //format// argument is a string, it must be a valid date/time [[:reference:command_reference:external_control_codes:codes_for_date_and_time|picture string]] (e.g. "dd/MM/yyyy").
Otherwise, //format// should be the sum of one or more of the following flag values:
|1|Use system locale format|
|2|Use ISO 8601 format|
|4|Short date format|
|8|Long date format|
|16|No date (time only)|
|32|Short time format|
|64|Long time format|
|128|No time (date only)|

If locale flags are not specified, the default is to use the current user's locale date/time format.
If individual date/time flags are not specified, the function will identify the format type automatically.
However this is less efficient so if you know the date/time format type it's better to specify them.