parseFormattedDate

This function is similar to gda.global.parseIso8601Date (with first being G_DATE_YEAR, second being G_DATE_MONTH, third being G_DATE_DAY and sep being '-') but allows one to specify the expected date format.

bool

parseFormattedDate

(

glib.date.Date gdate

string value

glib.types.DateDMY first

glib.types.DateDMY second

glib.types.DateDMY third

char sep

)

Parameters

gdate glib.date.Date: a pointer to a #GDate structure which will be filled
value string: a string to be parsed
first glib.types.DateDMY: a #GDateDMY specifying which of year, month or day appears first (in the first bytes) in value
second glib.types.DateDMY: a #GDateDMY specifying which of year, month or day appears second (in the first bytes) in value
third glib.types.DateDMY: a #GDateDMY specifying which of year, month or day appears third (in the first bytes) in value
sep char: spcifies the expected separator character bewteen year, month and day (for example '-')

Return Value

Type: bool

true if value has been sucessfuly parsed as a valid date (see glib.date.Date.valid).