Noob here so bear with me..I was working on a Java program that takes the users input from the JoptionPane, and uses a set of if-else statements to verify the date while considering the leap years. The problem I seem to be having when it runs is that it validates dates that aren't possible. For example, 2/29/2014, it says it's a valid date, but in reality it isn't. Insight on this issue would be highly appreciated.
import java.util.Arrays;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class vaildDate {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int month, day, year;
String userInput = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a valid date in mm/dd/yyyy format: ");
String [] date = userInput.split("/");
String mm = date[0];
String dd = date [1];
String yyyy = date [2];
month = Integer.parseInt(mm);
day = Integer.parseInt(dd);
year = Integer.parseInt(yyyy);
System.out.println(mm+dd+yyyy);
boolean validLeapYear;
boolean validDate;
if(month>=1 && month <=12&& day>=1 && day<=31)
{
if(month == 4 || month == 9 || month == 6 || month == 11 && day <= 30)
{
validDate = true;
}
if(( month == 1 || month == 3 || month == 5 || month == 7 || month == 8 || month == 11 || month == 12) && (day <= 31))
{
validDate = true;
}
else{
validDate =false;
}
if((year % 400 == 0 ) || (year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0))
{
validLeapYear = true;
}
if ((month == 2 && day == 29) && (validLeapYear = false ))
{
validDate = false;
}
if((month == 2 && day <= 29) && (validLeapYear = true ))
{
validDate = true;
}
if(validDate = true)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, month +"/"+day+"/"+year+" is a valid date");
}
else if(validDate = false) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Your date is invalid");
}
}
}
}
Instead of equating booleans your are assigning the values which return the results of your assignment.
For example:
if (validDate = true)
The above statement would return true. Instead, in all your boolean checks just validate the boolean value as is.
if (validDate)
To remove the compiler errors, you can initialize your 2 boolean vars to false.
You changed code would look something like:
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int month, day, year;
String userInput = JOptionPane
.showInputDialog("Enter a valid date in mm/dd/yyyy format: ");
String[] date = userInput.split("/");
String mm = date[0];
String dd = date[1];
String yyyy = date[2];
month = Integer.parseInt(mm);
day = Integer.parseInt(dd);
year = Integer.parseInt(yyyy);
System.out.println(mm + dd + yyyy);
boolean validLeapYear = false;
boolean validDate = false;
if (month >= 1 && month <= 12 && day >= 1 && day <= 31) {
if (month == 4 || month == 9 || month == 6 || month == 11
&& day <= 30) {
validDate = true;
}
if ((month == 1 || month == 3 || month == 5 || month == 7
|| month == 8 || month == 11 || month == 12)
&& (day <= 31)) {
validDate = true;
} else {
validDate = false;
}
if ((year % 400 == 0) || (year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0)) {
validLeapYear = true;
}
if ((month == 2 && day == 29) && (!validLeapYear)) {
validDate = false;
}
if ((month == 2 && day <= 29) && (validLeapYear)) {
validDate = true;
}
if (validDate) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, month + "/" + day + "/"
+ year + " is a valid date");
}
else if (!validDate) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your date is invalid");
}
}
}