How to check if a string is a valid date

Question

I have a string: \"31-02-2010\" and want to check whether or not it is a valid date. What is the best way to do it?

I need a method which which returns

Answer 1

Another way to validate date:

date_hash = Date._parse(date.to_s)
Date.valid_date?(date_hash[:year].to_i,
                 date_hash[:mon].to_i,
                 date_hash[:mday].to_i)