check for a valid date

[sugard]

I have another problem concerning to check if a particular date belongs in a particular range. For example I need to check whether 16th december lies between 10th December and 20th December. I have a startdate and an endDate of type Date. The Date startDate and Date endDate attributes are the ranges for a Date input. I need to check whether the attribute input lies between startDate and endDate.

Can please some1 tell me how can i implement this?

Thanks.

[sicarie]

Did you check out the Date class documentation? There are two boolean isBefore() and isAfter() methods, or the compareTo() method, or.... well, take a look!

[sugard]

Did you check out the Date class documentation? There are two boolean isBefore() and isAfter() methods, or the compareTo() method, or.... well, take a look!

ok thanks! i ve arranged it!!:)

[sicarie]

Great! Just as an FYI - if you are using a class like that, if you Google "Java date class" (or whatever class you are using) you will usually return the Javadoc within the first two or three returns - those are a great resource to be able to use and search on your own.

But, as always, if you get stuck on something please feel free to post again.

[sugard]

To tell you the truth , i searched through the API, but it didnt come into my mind to use the before()and after(). Well thanks again for your help!! :)