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  3. September 2005

How to check valid date

Hi
 
Iam reading a file and retrieving date field.
I have to accept only valid dates invalid dates I have to reject.
some of the data in the file looks like below :
 
The format is yymmdd
 
20050303
20041201
00000000==>invalid
00000001==>invalid
20053131==>invalid
00000857==>invalid
Is there any opcode or any suggestion how to check the field value for valid 
date?
Most of the dates belong to 20th century and 21st century..
 
Thank you for your help,
 
 
 

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