Check if a String is a valid date : Date « Data Type « Java






  1. Java
  2. Data Type
  3. Date

Check if a String is a valid date

    

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

public class Main {

  public static boolean isValidDate(String inDate) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    dateFormat.setLenient(false);
    try {
      dateFormat.parse(inDate.trim());
    } catch (ParseException pe) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    System.out.println(isValidDate("2004-02-29"));
    System.out.println(isValidDate("2005-02-29"));
  }
}
/*
true
false
*/








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