java(DATE)Validation

[shabarish vai]

Date invalidDt = 2008/34/21;
String dateformat = "yyyyMMdd";
Date d=null;
try {
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateformat);
sdf.setLenient(false);
sdf.format(invalidDt);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
i got the output when i have "invalidDt" as String but i want "invalidDt" to be date as declared above.
please help.

thanks
Shabarish

[Paul Fairhurst]

In Java, the compiler would really like to treat 2008/34/21 as a mathematical expression: 2008 divided by 34 divided by 21.
Try,

        Calendar foobar = Calendar.getInstance();
        foobar.set(2008, 34, 21);
        Date invalidDt = foobar.getTime(); 

[ June 17, 2008: Message edited by: Paul Fairhurst ]