public class MatchDates {
public static void main(String args[]) {
isDateValid("04-02-1995");
isDateValid("15-42-1994");
isDateValid("April fourth nineteen ninety nine");
isDateValid("15-42-20001");
isDateValid("02-02-20001");
isDateValid("05-02-02");
isDateValid("04-01-rntsoft");
}
public static boolean isDateValid(String date) {
boolean retval = false;
String datePattern = "\\d{1,2}-\\d{1,2}-\\d{4}";
retval = date.matches(datePattern);
String msg = "NO MATCH: pattern:" + date
+ "\r\n regexLength: " + datePattern;
if (retval) {
msg = "MATCH : pattern:" + date
+ "\r\n regexLength: " + datePattern;
}
System.out.println(msg + "\r\n");
return retval;
}
}