Java Date Format Pattern isValidFormat(String format, String value)

Description

Date string format validate

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
format	a parameter
value	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean isValidFormat(String format, String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w w w . ja  v a2 s. c o  m*/
     * Date string format validate
     * 
     * @param format
     * @param value
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isValidFormat(String format, String value) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            formatter.setLenient(false); //make it strict
            date = formatter.parse(value);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            return false;
        }
        return date != null;
    }
}

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