package com.amazonaws.kda.flink.starterkit; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class TestDateParser { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("isValid - dd/MM/yyyy with 20130925 = " + isValidFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", "20130925")); System.out.println("isValid - dd/MM/yyyy with 25/09/2013 = " + isValidFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", "25/09/2013")); System.out.println("isValid - dd/MM/yyyy with 25/09/201323 = " + isValidFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", "25/09/201323")); System.out.println("isValid - dd/MM/yyyy with 25/09/2013 12:13:50 = " + isValidFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", "25/09/2013 12:13:50")); } public static boolean isValidFormat(String format, String value) { Date date = null; try { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format); date = sdf.parse(value); if (!value.equals(sdf.format(date))) { date = null; } } catch (ParseException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } return date != null; } }