Questions for on date (val, flErrorOnInvalidDate=false) { «Changes: «09/16/04; 12:56:38 PM by JES «Ignore the value of flErrorOnInvalidDate. It's better to get an error if the date format is not valid. «05/28/03; 2:40:16 PM by JES «New optional parameter, flErrorOnInvalidDate. If true, an invalid date value will cause an error. Default is false, preserving existing behavior. «03/26/01; 12:12:02 PM by PBS «If the kernel can't coerce the value to a date, this may be an international system and the value may be a string in GMT, the output of date.netStandardString. In that case, try to turn that string into a date. on kernelcall (val) { kernel (lang.date)}; try { kernelcall (val)} else { local (kernelError = tryError); //save the error string reported by the kernel try { val = string (val); if val endsWith "GMT" { //output of date.netStandardString local (day, month, year, hour, minute, second); day = string.nthField (val, ' ', 2); local (monthString = string.nthField (val, ' ', 3)); case string.lower (monthString) { "jan" { month = 1}; "feb" { month = 2}; "mar" { month = 3}; "apr" { month = 4}; "may" { month = 5}; "jun" { month = 6}; "jul" { month = 7}; "aug" { month = 8}; "sep" { month = 9}; "oct" { month = 10}; "nov" { month = 11}; "dec" { month = 12}}; year = string.nthField (val, ' ', 4); local (timeString = string.nthField (val, ' ', 5)); hour = string.nthField (timeString, ':', 1); minute = string.nthField (timeString, ':', 2); second = string.nthField (timeString, ':',3); local (theDate = date.set (day, month, year, hour, minute, second)); theDate = theDate + date.getCurrentTimeZone (); //adjust for time zone return (theDate)} else { //JES 5/28/03: re-throw the error «if flErrorOnInvalidDate //JES 9/16/04: ignore parameter. it's better to get the error scriptError (kernelError)}} else { scriptError (kernelError)}}}
Science:
1. Construction of the Panama Canal was seriosly hampered by the disease, Malaria. How is this disease transmitted from person to person?
Math:
2. The Panama Canal is 82km in length. How many miles long is it?
Geography:
3. The Panama Canal is a narrow strip of water connecting to larger bodies of water. What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land called?
History:
4. The Patriot State is traveling the same waters as did the famous navigator and explorer, Christopher Columbus. In what year was Mr. Columbus born and when did he die?
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