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simply checks whether the input is a valid date without trying
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List dates = new ArrayList();
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dates.add("1/1/11");
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dates.add("01/01/11");
Java HashMap dates.add("01/01/2011");
Java Array dates.add("01/1/2011");
Java Sort dates.add("1/11/2011");
Java Clone dates.add("1/11/11");
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dates.add("11/1/11");

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String regex = "^[0-3]?[0-9]/[0-3]?[0-9]/(?:[0-9]{2})?[
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Java Serialization Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
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Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(date);
System.out.println(date +" : "+ matcher.matches());
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1/1/11 : true
01/01/11 : true
01/01/2011 : true
01/1/2011 : true
1/11/2011 : true
1/11/11 : true
11/1/11 : true

2. Java date validation regex – require

leading zeros

Regex : ^[0-3][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/(?:[0-9][0-9])?[0-9][0-9]$

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List dates = new ArrayList();

//With leading zeros

dates.add("01/01/11");
dates.add("01/01/2011");

//Missing leading zeros

dates.add("1/1/11");
dates.add("01/1/2011");
dates.add("1/11/2011");
dates.add("1/11/11");
dates.add("11/1/11");

String regex = "^[0-3][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/(?:[0-9][0-9])?[

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);

for(String date : dates)

{
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(date);
System.out.println(date +" : "+ matcher.matches());
}

Program output.

Console

01/01/11 : true
01/01/2011 : true

1/1/11 : false
01/1/2011 : false
1/11/2011 : false
1/11/11 : false
11/1/11 : false

3. Java date validation regex – match

“mm/dd/yyyy” with required leading
zeros

Regex : ^(1[0-2]|0[1-9])/(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0[1-9])/[0-9]{4}$

Java program to validate date format mm/dd/yyyy .

List dates = new ArrayList();

//With leading zeros

dates.add("01/01/11");

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dates.add("01/01/2011");

//Missing leading zeros

dates.add("1/1/11");
dates.add("01/1/2011");

String regex = "^(1[0-2]|0[1-9])/(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0[1-9

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);

for(String date : dates)

{
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(date);
System.out.println(date +" : "+ matcher.matches());
}

Program output.

Console

01/01/11 : false
01/01/2011 : true
1/1/11 : false
01/1/2011 : false

4. Java date validation regex – match

“dd/mm/yyyy” with required leading
zeros
The regular expression for validating date format dd/mm/yyyy .

Regex : ^(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0[1-9])/(1[0-2]|0[1-9])/[0-9]{4}$

List dates = new ArrayList();

//With leading zeros
dates.add("07/13/2011");
dates.add("13/07/2011");
//Missing leading zeros
dates.add("1/1/11");
dates.add("01/1/2011");

String regex = "^(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0[1-9])/(1[0-2]|0[1-9

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);

for(String date : dates)

{
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(date);

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System.out.println(date +" : "+ matcher.matches());

}

Program output.

Console

07/13/2011 : false
13/07/2011 : true
1/1/11 : false
01/1/2011 : false

Feel free to use and edit above regular expressions for date
validation to suit your needs.

Happy Learning !!

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Feedback, Discussion and Comments

Amit Kushawaha

July 30, 2019

Does not validate the leap year like 30/02/2019 in this

case it should return false but returns true.

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Lokesh Gupta

July 31, 2019

Hi Amit, It is just validating the date format against

a predefined pattern. To check if it is actual date in
calendar, parse it to LocalDate object in strict mode.

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeForma

try
{
LocalDate.parse("2016-02-30",
formatter.withResolverStyle(Res
}
catch (DateTimeException ex)
{
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}

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mofis khan

June 6, 2016

how to validate the date to present date

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Priyanka

March 30, 2016

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