SimpleDateFormat does indeed parse this value as a valid date. Niall
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:34 AM > Greetings, I'm using Struts 1.2.7 and trying to validate a date field > using the datePatternStrict with a date format of MM/dd/yyyy. Everything > seems to work as expected until I enter a date like 04/04/200w. It seems > that the date validation routine thinks that this is a valid date...or > atleast it allows validation of the date field to pass. The docs say > that date validation leverages SimpleDateFormat so I looked at the > javadocs, but found nothing to indicate that parsing "04/04/200w" should > pass (although I haven't tested it explicitely with just SimpleDateFormat). > > I'm using the following snippet in my validation.xml file: > <var><var-name>datePatternStrict</var-name><var-value>MM/dd/yyyy</var-value> </var> > > BTW, the javascript for date validation seems to catch this, but the > server side validation does not. > > I must be doing something wrong or this must be a known issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
