ParseDate(
string:datetime,
[string:format]
)
→ date or bool
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 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.