Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { private static boolean isDataFormat(String str) { boolean flag = false; // String // regxStr="[1-9][0-9]{3}-[0-1][0-2]-((0[1-9])|([12][0-9])|(3[01]))"; String regxStr = "^((\\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26]))[\\-\\/\\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])))))|(\\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][01345789]))[\\-\\/\\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\\-\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))))(\\s(((0?[0-9])|([1-2][0-3]))\\:([0-5]?[0-9])((\\s)|(\\:([0-5]?[0-9])))))?$"; Pattern pattern1 = Pattern.compile(regxStr); Matcher isNo = pattern1.matcher(str); if (isNo.matches()) { flag = true; } return flag; } }