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I'd like to write a function that behaves one way when the argument is a MathematicaMathematica date, such as {2013,12,15}{2013,12,15}, or with added hours, minutes and seconds if necessary. AndAnd the function needs to do something different with strings that will look like: "2013 Month 02". I

2013 Month 02

I see that I can specify List, as in f[x_List]f[x_List] and f[x_String]f[x_String] that will do what I want as long as I don't mess up the arguments. IsIs there way to be more specific about the patterns that are allowed?

I'd like to write a function that behaves one way when the argument is a Mathematica date, such as {2013,12,15}, or with added hours, minutes and seconds if necessary. And the function needs to do something different with strings that will look like: "2013 Month 02". I see that I can specify List, as in f[x_List] and f[x_String] that will do what I want as long as I don't mess up the arguments. Is there way to be more specific about the patterns that are allowed?

I'd like to write a function that behaves one way when the argument is a Mathematica date, such as {2013,12,15}, or with added hours, minutes and seconds if necessary. And the function needs to do something different with strings that will look like

2013 Month 02

I see that I can specify List, as in f[x_List] and f[x_String] that will do what I want as long as I don't mess up the arguments. Is there way to be more specific about the patterns that are allowed?

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Function to differentiate between date pattern and specific string format

I'd like to write a function that behaves one way when the argument is a Mathematica date, such as {2013,12,15}, or with added hours, minutes and seconds if necessary. And the function needs to do something different with strings that will look like: "2013 Month 02". I see that I can specify List, as in f[x_List] and f[x_String] that will do what I want as long as I don't mess up the arguments. Is there way to be more specific about the patterns that are allowed?