Java Date Value Check isValidDate(String dateString, String format)

Description

Returns true if the specified String represents a valid date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	String

Return

boolean

Declaration

public static boolean isValidDate(String dateString, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w  w  w . j  a  va  2  s.  co  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2002. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. All Rights Reserved.
 * This software is published under the GPL GNU General Public License.
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * This software was written for the
 * Department of Family Medicine
 * McMaster University
 * Hamilton
 * Ontario, Canada
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns true if the specified String represents a valid date
     *
     * @param string String
     * @return boolean
     */
    public static boolean isValidDate(String dateString, String format) {
        boolean ret = false;
        SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        try {
            fmt.parse(dateString);
            ret = true;
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
        }
        return ret;

    }
}

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