Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY
| From: | Tom Chubb | Date: | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:40:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY | ||
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On 15/01/2008, Adam Williams <awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:
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> I'm having users enter dates in MM-DD-YYYY format. is there a way to
> check if what they have entered is invalid (like if they enter 1-15-2008
> instead of 01-15-2008) ?
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You could use check boxes to make sure you get the right format first time
and concatenate the results, or use strlen() to check there are enough
characters and/or a regular expression.