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cardexpirevalidate(
cardexpirevalidate(
MONTH
,
YEAR
)

The cardexpirevalidate( function checks the validity of a credit card expiration date.

Parameters

This function has two parameters:

month – Expiration month. This may be either a number (1–12) or in English (jan, April, DECEMBER, etc.).

year – Expiration year. The year may be either 2 or 4 digits.

Description

This function checks the validity of a credit card expiration. The result is true if the expiration is valid, false if it is expired or invalid. The examples below assume the current date is in 2015.

cardexpirevalidate(1,2012) ☞ false
cardexpirevalidate("April","18") ☞ true

Note: This function doesn’t actually check the card with the bank, in fact, no card number is supplied. It merely checks to see if the date is a valid date in the future.

See Also

History

VersionStatusNotes
10.0No ChangeCarried over from Panorama 6.0.