Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/yyyy"); public static String formatExpirationDate(String text) { try { switch (text.length()) { case 1: int digit = Integer.parseInt(text); if (digit < 2) { return text; } else { return "0" + text + "/"; } case 2: int month = Integer.parseInt(text); if (month > 12 || month < 1) { // Invalid digit return text.substring(0, 1); } else { return text + "/"; } case 3: if (text.substring(2, 3).equalsIgnoreCase("/")) { return text; } else { text = text.substring(0, 2) + "/" + text.substring(2, 3); } case 4: Calendar now = getCurrentExpDate(); String currentYearStr = String.valueOf(now.get(Calendar.YEAR)); int yearDigit = Integer.parseInt(text.substring(3, 4)); int currentYearDigit = Integer.parseInt(currentYearStr.substring(2, 3)); if (yearDigit < currentYearDigit) { // Less than current year invalid return text.substring(0, 3); } else { return text; } case 5: // always make the year in the current century Calendar now2 = getCurrentExpDate(); String currentYearStr2 = String.valueOf(now2.get(Calendar.YEAR)); String yearStr = text.substring(0, 3) + currentYearStr2.substring(0, 2) + text.substring(3, 5); Date expiry = simpleDateFormat.parse(yearStr); if (expiry.before(now2.getTime())) { // Invalid exp date return text.substring(0, 4); } else { return text; } default: if (text.length() > 5) { return text.substring(0, 5); } else { return text; } } } catch (ParseException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } // If an exception is thrown we clear out the text return ""; } private static Calendar getCurrentExpDate() { Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); now.set(now.get(Calendar.YEAR), now.get(Calendar.MONTH), 0, 0, 0); return now; } }