Urgent !!! Date Format Validation Problem

Question

hi,
I'm using the following code to validate a date,
     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
     String dateStr = "03/30/20xx";
     try{
          sdf.setLenient(false); // For Strict Validation.
          System.out.println(sdf.parse(dateStr));     
          System.out.println("Valid Date " + dateStr);
     }catch(Exception ex){
          System.out.println("Invalid Date " + dateStr);
It works fine for input values like 03/30/2005, 03/30/xxxx, 03/3x/2005
but fails for 03/30/20xx.
where c is any non-numeric character.
Please tell me a solution for this. Is there any other way to do this.

Answer 1

Oh! Now I understand!
try this:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
String dateStr = "03/30/20xx";
try {
     sdf.setLenient(false); // For Strict Validation.
     ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
     System.out.println(sdf.parse(dateStr, pos));
     System.out.println("Valid Date " + dateStr + " up to position " + pos.getIndex());
} catch (Exception ex) {
     System.out.println("Invalid Date " + dateStr);
}