Still a bad idea as it allows invalid dates (e.g. Nov. 31) and does nothing for leap years.
If you want to know if a date is valid use DateFormat.parse(). On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Kawczynski, David < david_kawczyn...@merck.com> wrote: > That is unreadable. What about this, it's much easier on the eyes: > (0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- /.](19|20)\d\d > > From > http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy/datemmddyyyy.html > > > > > > Greg Lindholm-2 wrote: > > > > > > <field-validator type="regex"> > > >> > > >> > > (((((((0[13578])|(1[02]))[\/]((0[1-9])|([12]\d)|(3[01])))|(((0 > > [469])|(11))[\/]?((0[1-9])|([12]\d)|(30)))|((0?2)[\/]((0[1-9]) > > |(1\d)|(2[0-8]))))[\/](((19)|([1-9][0-9]))([\d][\d]))))|((0?2) > [\/](29)[\/](((19)|([1-9][0-9]))(([02468][048])|([13579][26]))))> )$ > > >> </field-validator> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > IMHO this is unreadable and unmaintainable and should never > > be used (even > > > if > > > it does work). > > > > > > You would be better off changing your 'date' property to be > > a String and > > > handle validation in a validate() method using a DateFormat object. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://old.nabble.com/s%3Atextfield-and-date-format-as-dd-MM-y > yyy-tp26197512p26202747.html<http://old.nabble.com/s%3Atextfield-and-date-format-as-dd-MM-y%0Ayyy-tp26197512p26202747.html> > > Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains > information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New > Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for > affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) > that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. > It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this > message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this > message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then > delete it from your system. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >
