IsDate
Wraps DateTime.TryParse() and all the other kinds of code you need to determine if a given string holds a value that can be converted into a DateTime object.
Source
public static bool IsDate(this string input)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
{
DateTime dt;
return (DateTime.TryParse(input, out dt));
}
else
{
return false;
}
}Example
string nonDate = "Foo";
string someDate = "Jan 1 2010";
bool isDate = nonDate.IsDate(); //false
isDate = someDate.IsDate(); //true