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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Date Validation not working Post 302904216 by senthil.ak on Monday 2nd of June 2014 11:25:34 PM
Old 06-03-2014
Hi Aia, Here i know the format, that is constant its either
Code:
 %d/%m/%Y or %Y/%m/%d

or any other format, we need to validate user input for the format. User inputs may vary and until we wont exit the loop unless user enters the correct format.
 

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