## Copyright (C) 2019, 2023, 2024 Andrew Janke <floss@apjanke.net>
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function} {@var{out} =} isdatetime (@var{x})
##
## True if input is a @code{datetime} array, false otherwise.
##
## Respects @code{isdatetime} override methods on user-defined classes, even if
## they do not inherit from @code{datetime} or were known to Tablicious at
## authoring time.
##
## Returns a scalar logical.
##
## @end deftypefn

function out = isdatetime (x)
  #ISDATETIME True if input is a datetime array.

  # Developer note: see istable for an explanation of this logic.
  if (isa (x, 'datetime'))
    out = true;
  elseif (isobject (x))
    # Respect isdatetime methods on classes.
    if (ismember ('isdatetime', methods (x)))
      out = isdatetime (x);
    else
      out = false;
    endif
  else
    out = false;
  endif
endfunction
