How can I make this date optional in jQuery Validation?

Question

I have a datepicker on a previously required date field. I am attempting to make it no longer required, but I\'m not seeing how to do that.

The form is using jQuery

Answer 1

Check if the value is null before you valid it with regex. return true if null. Or you could update your regex to include a space so its still considered valid if only containing empty string.