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Old Pedant · 01-26-2013, 01:19 AM

I think a better question might be: Where did that string come from?

If it came from server-side code, which seems pretty darned likely to me, then why not fix the problem in the server.

Or, if you know it came from reliable server-side code, then even the first answer by LogicAli is sufficient. I doubt seriously that he is worried about some user entering a date time string like that willy-nilly. Why validate it via JS when *almost* surely it comes from some computerized process (likely a DB field?) in the first place.

01-26-2013, 01:19 AM	PM User \| #8
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,556 Thanks: 62 Thanked 4,055 Times in 4,024 Posts	I think a better question might be: Where did that string come from? If it came from server-side code, which seems pretty darned likely to me, then why not fix the problem in the server. Or, if you know it came from reliable server-side code, then even the first answer by LogicAli is sufficient. I doubt seriously that he is worried about some user entering a date time string like that willy-nilly. Why validate it via JS when almost surely it comes from some computerized process (likely a DB field?) in the first place. __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.