/// <summary> /// Validate date is a proper format /// </summary> /// <param name="date"></param> /// <returns></returns> public static bool IsDate(string date) { bool valid = true; //check in 99/99/9999 format valid = Regex.IsMatch(date, "^[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{4}$"); try { if (valid) { DateTime oDate = new DateTime(); oDate = Convert.ToDateTime(date); } } catch { valid = false; } return valid; }