Java Date Value Check isValidDate(String src, String format)

Description

is Valid Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isValidDate(String src, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w ww  .j  a  v a  2s .c  om*/
 * Copyright 2014 tgrape Inc.
 * 
 * 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.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    public static boolean isValidDate(String src, String format) {

        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.UK);
        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
        Date date = null;

        try {
            date = formatter.parse(src);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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2. isValidDate(String dt)
3. isValidDate(String inDate)
4. isValidDate(String psDt)
5. isValidDate(String s)
6. isValidDate(String value)
7. isValidDateFormat(String startDate)
8. isValidDateFormat(String strDate, String dataFormat)
9. isValidDateInternal(String date, String dateFormat)