regular expression date validation

[anto2]

Hello I am trying to validate a date if the format dd/mm/yy

this works fine in IE5-6

var filter=/^[0-9]{2}[/]{1}[0-9]{2}[/]{1}[0-9]{2}$/;
if (! filter.test(inpDate))
{ alert("Please enter Date in DD/MM/YY Format !"');
return false;');
};

but I get
JavaScript Error: unterminated character class [
in Netscape

any ideas

Anthony.

 

[jemminger]

hi anto2,

the two single quotes may be causing it, and you have some extra parentheses, and you don't need to put the forward slashes in brackets or use the {1} for them - just escape them:

var filter=/^[0-9]{2}[/]{1}[0-9]{2}[/]{1}[0-9]{2}$/;
if (! filter.test(inpDate))
{ alert("Please enter Date in DD/MM/YY Format !"');
return false;');
};


should be:

var filter=/^[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}$/;
if (! filter.test(inpDate))
{ alert("Please enter Date in DD/MM/YY Format !"
return false;
} ======================================

if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[OB1Shinobi]

I got this script to work with jeff's edits in NS6 on MacOSX but not in IE5+. I don't know if your target audience will include Macs but I thought I would let you know.

jaxon

 

[anto2]

Thnks Jeff,

The filter works perfectly. The reason I had the extra single quotes is that I'm using Oracle Portal to build html pages and I left these in by mistake.

Anthony.