Testing for Valid Date

If you need to test whether some information resembles a valid date format, here is a test function:

function Test-Date
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true]
        $Date
    )
       
    (($Date -as [DateTime]) -ne $null)
} 

It uses the -as operator to try and convert the input to a DateTime format. If this fails, the result is $null, so the function checks for this and returns $true or $false. Note that the -as operator uses your local DateTime format.

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