MVC model validation for date

Question

Is there any default validation for MVC 5 where I can set min and max value of date?

In my model i want date validation

    public class MyClass
             


        

Answer 1

I'd do this with the IValidatableObject interface from System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations, which allows you to add extra validation rules where you can do a lot more checking. Add the interface to your class, and then implement the Validate method, where you can compare the StartDateTime against the current date/time, and also compare the EndDateTime with the StartDateTime, e.g.

public class MyClass : IValidatableObject
{               
    [Required(ErrorMessage="Start date and time cannot be empty")]
    //validate:Must be greater than current date
    [DataType(DataType.DateTime)]
    public DateTime StartDateTime { get; set; }

    [Required(ErrorMessage="End date and time cannot be empty")]
    //validate:must be greater than StartDate
    [DataType(DataType.DateTime)]
    public DateTime EndDateTime { get; set; }       

    public IEnumerable Validate(ValidationContext validationContext)
    {
        List results = new List();

        if (StartDateTime < DateTime.Now)
        {
            results.Add(new ValidationResult("Start date and time must be greater than current time", new []{"StartDateTime"}));
        }

        if (EndDateTime <= StartDateTime)
        {
            results.Add(new ValidationResult("EndDateTime must be greater that StartDateTime", new [] {"EndDateTime"}));
        }

        return results;
    }     
}

The only potential drawback to this is that Validate runs server-side, not in jQuery validation.