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richard smith

Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

I have a text box on a web form where a user will input a Discharge Date...The date MUST be entered in this format MM/DD/YYYY what C# code would validate that the entry is input in that format, and if not show an error? Something like:
ButtonFinish_Click()
{
//check to see if the date is correct format
try
{
//how to check?
//if valid Response.Redirect -- Go to next page
}
catch
{
Error.Text = "Dates must be entered in a MM/DD/YYYY Format. Please check the entry and try again."

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Vulpes

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013 Accepted Answer

I's use something like this:

DateTime dt;

if (DateTime.TryParseExact(textBox1.Text, "MM/dd/yyyy", null, 0, out dt))

{

// it's OK and result is in 'dt'

}
else
{
// it's not OK
}

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richard smith

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

When I add that syntax, I get an error of:
The best overloaded method match for System.DateTime.TryParseExact(string, string, SystemIFormatProvider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles, out System.DateTime) has some invalid arguments.

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Satyapriya Nayak

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Validate_Date._Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">

function dateValidation()

{
var obj = document.getElementById("<%=txtDate.ClientID%>");

var day = obj.value.split("/")[0];
var month = obj.value.split("/")[1];

var year = obj.value.split("/")[2];
if ((day<1 || day >31) || (month<1&&month>12)&&(year.length != 4))

{
alert("Invalid Format");return false;

}

}

</script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    </div>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtDate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClientClick="dateValidation()" Text="Button" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

http://paulschreiber.com/blog/2007/03/02/javascript-date-validation/

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richard smith

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

Lost me on that post. Where does that coding go? I don't think it is C# coding...

I am assuming that is javascript, and I need it to be C#

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Vulpes

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

Are you sure that you've copied it down correctly as it's working OK for me?

Note in particular that 'dt' should be preceded by 'out' as it's an output parameter.

You can replace '0' with DateTimeStyles.None if you want to be more verbose.

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Suthish Nair

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 04 Feb 2013

A small change... But why just use a date control.

DateTime dt1;

if (DateTime.TryParseExact(date, "MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out dt1))

{

Console.WriteLine("it's OK and result is in 'dt'");

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("it's not OK");

}

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Vulpes

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Re: Validate Date
Posted on: 05 Feb 2013

When you pass 'null' for that particular parameter, then the current culture is used (en-US in Richard's case).

So, with a simple date format such as MM/dd/yyyy, it doesn't matter whether you use that or the Invariant culture.

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