Scala/Lift check if date is correctly formatted

Question

I have a date input box in my lift application, and I want to check that a user-entered date is in correct format: dd/mm/yyyy.

How can I write a reg

Answer 1

from this we can validate date in string as well as we get the expected date response by parsing in the format like "dd/MM/yyyy".

  try {  val format = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy")
  format.parseMillis(dateInString)
  val df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy")
  val newDate = df.parse(dateInString)
  true
    } catch {
      case e: ParseException => false

      case e: IllegalArgumentException => false
    }