Date Validation

[Matt Hoffman]

I am trying to validate a date like such.. yyyy-mm-dd. I am using this following. The date will turn out to a funny number 1043-22-02 instead of a normal year, month, date. Any suggestions

public final class DateValidation
{

protected static boolean isDate(String string)
{
if (string == null)
return false;

if (string.indexOf("/") > -1)
{
try
{
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd");
sdf.setLenient(false);
Date dt = sdf.parse( string );

return true;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
try
{
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
sdf.setLenient(false);
Date dt = sdf.parse( string );

return true;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
return false;
}
}
} //isDate
}

[Cay Horstmann]

Try using MM instead of mm. Lowercase m is minutes in hour.

[somkiat puisungnoen]

y Year Year 1996; 96
M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07
D Day in year Number 189
d Day in month Number 10



this will help you.