How can I determine whether a given string represents a date?

Question

Is there an isDate function in jQuery?

It should return true if the input is a date, and false otherwise.

Answer 1

I guess you want something like this. +1 if it works for you.

HTML

 Date :  (mm/dd/yyyy)
 

jQuery

$(function() {
$('#btnSubmit').bind('click', function(){
    var txtVal =  $('#txtDate').val();
    if(isDate(txtVal))
        alert('Valid Date');
    else
        alert('Invalid Date');
});

function isDate(txtDate)
{
var currVal = txtDate;
if(currVal == '')
    return false;

var rxDatePattern = /^(\d{1,2})(\/|-)(\d{1,2})(\/|-)(\d{4})$/; //Declare Regex
var dtArray = currVal.match(rxDatePattern); // is format OK?

if (dtArray == null) 
    return false;

//Checks for mm/dd/yyyy format.
dtMonth = dtArray[1];
dtDay= dtArray[3];
dtYear = dtArray[5];        

if (dtMonth < 1 || dtMonth > 12) 
    return false;
else if (dtDay < 1 || dtDay> 31) 
    return false;
else if ((dtMonth==4 || dtMonth==6 || dtMonth==9 || dtMonth==11) && dtDay ==31) 
    return false;
else if (dtMonth == 2) 
{
    var isleap = (dtYear % 4 == 0 && (dtYear % 100 != 0 || dtYear % 400 == 0));
    if (dtDay> 29 || (dtDay ==29 && !isleap)) 
            return false;
}
return true;
}

});

CSS

body{
font-family:Tahoma;
font-size : 8pt;
padding-left:10px;
}
input[type="text"]
{
font-family:Tahoma;
font-size : 8pt;
width:150px;
}

DEMO