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Crispin
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Posted on - 08/27/2011
Hi,
I use a regular expression to validate the date.
But it does not work properly. See my code :
function checkdateformat(userinput){
var dateformat = /^d{1,2}(-|/|.)d{1,2}1d4}$/
return dateformat.test(userinput) //returns true or false depending on userinput
}
Is there any other regular expression available to check the date format.
Thanks.
Problem with Regular Expression for Date
Hi Crispin,
Yeah, I have mentioned an example for another regular expression to validate the date.
(d{1,2}(-|/|.)d{1,2}(-|/|.)d{4})
or
/^d{1,2}(-|/|.)d{1,2}(-|/|.)d{4}$/
If you are just going to use only "/" as the separator then you may simplify this as (d{1,2}/d{1,2}/d{4}).
Problem with Regular Expression for Date
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//Value parameter – required. All other parameters are optional.
function isDate(value, sepVal, dayIdx, monthIdx, yearIdx) {
   try {
       //Change the below values to determine which format of date you wish to check. It is set to dd/mm/yyyy by default.
       var DayIndex = dayIdx !== undefined ? dayIdx : 0;
       var MonthIndex = monthIdx !== undefined ? monthIdx : 0;
       var YearIndex = yearIdx !== undefined ? yearIdx : 0;
       value = value.replace(/-/g, "/").replace(/./g, "/");
       var SplitValue = value.split(sepVal || "/");
       var OK = true;
       if (!(SplitValue[DayIndex].length == 1 || SplitValue[DayIndex].length == 2)) {
           OK = false;
       }
       if (OK && !(SplitValue[MonthIndex].length == 1 || SplitValue[MonthIndex].length == 2)) {
           OK = false;
       }
       if (OK && SplitValue[YearIndex].length != 4) {
           OK = false;
       }
       if (OK) {
           var Day = parseInt(SplitValue[DayIndex], 10);
           var Month = parseInt(SplitValue[MonthIndex], 10);
           var Year = parseInt(SplitValue[YearIndex], 10);
           if (OK = ((Year > 1900) && (Year < new Date().getFullYear()))) {
               if (OK = (Month <= 12 && Month > 0)) {
                   var LeapYear = (((Year % 4) == 0) && ((Year % 100) != 0) || ((Year % 400) == 0));
                   if(OK = Day > 0)
                   {
                       if (Month == 2) {
                           OK = LeapYear ? Day <= 29 : Day <= 28;
                       }
                       else {
                           if ((Month == 4) || (Month == 6) || (Month == 9) || (Month == 11)) {
                               OK = Day <= 30;
                           }
                           else {
                               OK = Day <= 31;
                           }
                       }
                   }
               }
           }
       }
       return OK;
   }
   catch (e) {
       return false;
   }
}
