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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
function isValidDate(value, userFormat) {
// Set default format if format is not provided
userFormat = userFormat || 'mm/dd/yyyy';
// Find custom delimiter by excluding
// month, day and year characters
var delimiter = /[^mdy]/.exec(userFormat)[0];
// Create an array with month, day and year
// so we know the format order by index
var theFormat = userFormat.split(delimiter);
// Create array from user date
var theDate = value.split(delimiter);
function isDate(date, format) {
var m, d, y, i = 0, len = format.length, f;
for (i; i < len; i++) {
f = format[i];
if (/m/.test(f)) m = date[i];
if (/d/.test(f)) d = date[i];
if (/y/.test(f)) y = date[i];
}
return (
m > 0 && m < 13 &&
y && y.length === 4 &&
d > 0 &&
// Check if it's a valid day of the month
d <= (new Date(y, m, 0)).getDate()
);
}
return isDate(theDate, theFormat);
}
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