Java Date Value Check isValidDate(String inDate)

Description

is Valid Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean isValidDate(String inDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    private static List<SimpleDateFormat> dateFormats = new ArrayList<SimpleDateFormat>() {
        {//from   w  ww  .j  a  v a2 s  .c  o m
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss"));
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"));
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"));
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd"));
            add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd"));

        }
    };

    public static boolean isValidDate(String inDate) {
        Date date = null;
        for (SimpleDateFormat format : dateFormats) {
            format.setLenient(false);
            try {
                if (inDate.length() < 12 && format.toPattern().length() < 12) {
                    date = format.parse(inDate.trim());
                } else if (inDate.length() > 12 && format.toPattern().length() > 12) {
                    date = format.parse(inDate.trim());
                }

            } catch (ParseException e) {
                continue;
            }
            if (date != null) {
                break;
            }
        }
        if (date == null) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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