testDateParsing.cs

using System;
using TestInput;
/*
from Lesson 6 of C# console programming tutorial series at following URL:
http://williammillerservices.com/windows-c-console-programming/

demonstrates functionality of helper method IsDate() that we added
to tester.cs

GitHub gist -> https://gist.github.com/kyrathasoft/a2b9ed62224e7513161e43c96c5611b1
Pastebin.com -> https://pastebin.com/Xfu5CuEE
*/
namespace TestParsingOfStringToDateAndToInteger
{
    class MyTesterClass
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //two test strings
            string sTest1 = "the ninth of July, 2018";
            string sTest2 = "7/9/2018";

            Console.WriteLine(); //print blank line...

            CanParseToDate(sTest1);
            CanParseToDate(sTest2);
        }

        static void CanParseToDate(string p)
        {
            if (Tester.IsDate(p))
            {
                /* We use a placeholder for variable 'p' value and we end
                the argument passed to WriteLine() with an extra line: \n
                to aid readability during program execution */
                Console.WriteLine("\"{0}\" can be parsed to a DateTime.\n", p);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\"{0}\" cannot be parsed to a DateTime.\n", p);
            }
        }

    }
}