date format

[MInu]

Hi...

I want to check whether a string is in a valid date format or not ie(yyyy/MM/dd) form.How it is to be done in java.

Thanks

[Layne Lund]

With a little work you could write the code that does this yourself. However, the Java API provides two classes that may help: DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat. Check out these links for an explanation of the methods that are available for you to use.

Layne

[ramprasad madathil]

    try
    {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd"); 
        Date d = sdf.parse(inputDateString);
    }
    catch(ParseException pe)
    {
        //Sysout("Your input date is invalid");
    }

ram.