jquery - MVC DateTime validation - UK Date format

Question

I have a simple view with two date fields with ValidationMessageFor controls added for the unobtrusive JavaScript validation.

My issue is I keep getting told my date is invalid, when it is in correct format (dd/MM/yyyy)

I have added <globalization culture="en-GB" uiCulture="en-GB"/> to my web.config, and also included [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)] on each DateTime property, yet it still won't accept UK format dates.

Is there anything obvious I am missing here?

Answer 1

Actually you just need to overload unobtrusive JavaScript validation method for date

jQuery(function ($) {
    $.validator.addMethod('date',
    function (value, element) {
        if (this.optional(element)) {
            return true;
        }

        var ok = true;
        try {
            $.datepicker.parseDate('dd/mm/yy', value);
        }
        catch (err) {
            ok = false;
        }
        return ok;
    });
});