Re: date:parse-date() result mismatched format and date/time?

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 14:40 -0600, Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> >From http://exslt.org/date/functions/parse-date/index.html:
> 
> 	The first argument to date:parse-date is a string that gives a
> 	date/time in a particular format.
> 
> 	The second argument is a string that gives the format pattern
> 	that has been used to format the date/time given as the first
> 	argument. The format pattern must be in the syntax specified by
> 	the JDK 1.1 SimpleDateFormat class.
> 
> But what should date:parse-date() return if the format given does not
> actually match the date/time -- the empty string?

It would be an error.  Reporting or handling such an error is
application defined.  


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