====== DetectFormat(text_date) ======
Category:  Date and Time function

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=====Description=====
This function detects the date-time format of the text date (or timestamp) provided as the argument ("text_date").  

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text_date|Text|Text value representing a date or timestamp.|

**Return value type:** Text

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=====Remarks=====
If the format of the //text_date// argument cannot be detected, an "Ambiguous format" error is returned.


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=====Examples=====

  detectformat("2023-Nov-4")  //Returns "yyyy-MMM-d"

  detectforamt("11/4/2023")  //Returns error "Ambiguous format"


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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:format|Format(date_as_number,format)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:istextdate|IsTextDate(text_date)]]