Java Date Value Check isDateFormat(String dateString)

Description

is Date Format

License

EUPL

Declaration

public static boolean isDateFormat(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    private static final String TEMPLATE_DATEFORMAT = "dd.MM.yyyy";

    public static boolean isDateFormat(String dateString) {
        if (dateString.length() > TEMPLATE_DATEFORMAT.length())
            return false;

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(TEMPLATE_DATEFORMAT);
        try {
            sdf.parse(dateString);
            return true;

        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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2. isDate(String value, Locale locale)
3. isDateBefore(String date1)
4. isDateBefore(String date1, String date2)
5. isDateBefore(String date1, String date2)
6. isDateFormat(String str, String format)
7. isDateFormatString(String s, String dateFormat, Locale locale)
8. isDateFormatValid(final String pattern)
9. isDateInRange(Date startDt, Date endDt, Date theDate)