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jquerydate-formatvalidity.js

Validate date in custom format with jQuery.validity

Im using jQuery.validity plugin to validate PHP form.

I need to validate whether the input date format is in dd-MMM-yyyy, but the plugin default is mm/dd/yyyy.

When I use this code, 

$("#txtFromDate")                           
            .require()                       
            .match("date")                   
            .lessThanOrEqualTo(new Date());

it asks to enter date in its default format.

How to change the input date format to dd-MMM-yyyy (eg: 01-FEB-2012)?

Solution

  • I found this code to change the date format of input string for jQuery.validity plugin

    $.extend($.validity.patterns, {
    date:/^\d\d-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(-\d{4})?$/
});

    NOTE: I had to remove the checking of the input date with current date .lessThanOrEqualTo(new Date()); as it always returned false. It seems above code does not change the format for the current date checking...