Hi Jörn
Many thanks for your suggestion. In fact the problem was an obvious
one that lay in the metadata. I had a class name of 'date' in my
input field which was obviously clashing. I had totally overlooked
that.
Many thanks for writing a very flexible plugin.
All the best
George
On Feb 18, 4:10 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Regular expressions are read to read, can't spot any obvious error
> with that, especially considering that it fails only in Safari.
>
> Here is a custom method for italian dates, not using regex, maybe it helps:
>
> jQuery.validator.addMethod(
> "dateITA",
> function(value, element) {
> var check = false;
> var re = /^\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}$/
> if( re.test(value)){
> var adata = value.split('/');
> var gg = parseInt(adata[0],10);
> var mm = parseInt(adata[1],10);
> var aaaa = parseInt(adata[2],10);
> var xdata = new Date(aaaa,mm-1,gg);
> if ( ( xdata.getFullYear() == aaaa ) && (
> xdata.getMonth () == mm -
> 1 ) && ( xdata.getDate() == gg ) )
> check = true;
> else
> check = false;
> } else
> check = false;
> return this.optional(element) || check;
> },
> "Please enter a correct date"
> );
>
> From:http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/additional-methods.js
>
> Jörn
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:25 PM, George <george.bea...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
>
> > Wondered if anyone could help on this, I've been stuck on it for quite
> > some time.
>
> > I'm trying to validate a date field using a UK date, here's my code:
>
> > $(document).ready(function(){
> > $('#arrival-arrival-date').datepicker({ minDate: new Date
> > (),defaultDate: +1,dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy',constrainInput: false });
>
> > $.validator.addMethod('ukdate',
> > function(value, element) {
>
> > var regex =
> > /^(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[\/](0[1-9]|1[012])[\/]
> > ((19|20)\d\d)$/;
> >
> > console.log(value.match(regex));
> > return this.optional(element) || value.match(regex);
> > }, "Please specify a UK date");
>
> > // validate signup form on keyup and submit
> > $("#theForm").validate({
> > debug:true,
> > errorClass:
> > 'redBorder',
> > rules: {
> > 'arrival-arrival-date': {
> > ukdate: true},
> > 'arrival-stay-duration': {
> > required: true,
> > min: 1}
> > },
> >
> > highlight: function(element, errorClass) {
> > $(element).fadeOut(function() {
> > $(element).fadeIn()
> >
> > })
> > },
> >
> > messages: {
> >
> > 'arrival-arrival-date':'',
> >
> > 'arrival-stay-duration':''
> >
> > },
> >
> > highlight: function(element, errorClass) {
> >
> > $(element).addClass(errorClass);
> >
> > },
> >
> > unhighlight: function(element, errorClass) {
> >
> > $(element).removeClass(errorClass);
> >
> > },
> >
> > errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
> > error.appendTo('errorNotes');
> > }
> > });
>
> > And you can see a demo of it in action at
> >http://dev.letsbookrooms.co.uk/uk/perthshire/parklandshotel/. It
> > works fine on IE, Opera and FF, fails in Safari for any dates where
> > the dd part is higher than 12.
>
> > I think it must be an issue with the validator plugin as I've tested
> > the regular expression on its own in Saari and it works fine.
>
> > Cheers
>
> > George
