User entered Date field validation

[Hotlogic]

Is there a built in function that would validate a date field of format dd/mm/yyyy

If not how do I go about validating a 10 char field entered via a user interface?

Any answer will be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Jack

[Luuk]

            string dt = "11/12/2016";
            DateTime temp;
            IFormatProvider provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

            if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dt, "MM/dd/yyyy",provider, DateTimeStyles.None, out temp))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Date is OK [{0}]", temp.ToLongDateString());
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Date is NOK [{0}]", temp.ToLongDateString());
            }