Java Format - Java DateFormat.setLenient(boolean lenient)

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Syntax

DateFormat.setLenient(boolean lenient) has the following syntax.

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

Example

In the following code shows how to use DateFormat.setLenient(boolean lenient) method.

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import java.text.DateFormat;

public class Main {
  public static boolean isValidDateStr(String date) throws Exception {

    DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
    df.setLenient(false);
    df.parse(date);

    return true;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    System.out.println(isValidDateStr("1900-13-12"));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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