Here you can find the source of IsDate(String str)
public static boolean IsDate(String str)
//package com.java2s; /*! ****************************************************************************** * * Pentaho Data Integration//ww w . j a v a 2s . c o m * * Copyright (C) 2002-2018 by Hitachi Vantara : http://www.pentaho.com * ******************************************************************************* * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * ******************************************************************************/ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { public static boolean IsDate(String str) { return IsDate("yy-mm-dd"); } public static boolean IsDate(String str, String mask) { // TODO: What about other dates? Maybe something for a CRQ try { SimpleDateFormat fdate = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-mm-dd"); fdate.parse(str); } catch (Exception e) { return false; } return true; } }