ISDATE() equivalent for MySQL

Question

I have a line of code for SQL server which takes a date listed as \"YYYYMMDD\" where the DD is 00 and converts the 00 to 01 so that it works with datetime. I would like to

Answer 1

Well, while I appreciate all statements, I always like it the easy way.

All date stamps either have the "-" or "/" characters in them, so why not check all date columns that have such characters, using the LIKE argument.

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE DATE_COLUMN LIKE '%/%';
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE DATE_COLUMN LIKE '%-%';