C# Regular Expression to validate a date?

Question

I am trying to validate a date entered into a text box. There is an input mask on the textbox which forces input of xx/xx/xxxx. I am trying to use a regular expression valid

Answer 1

You can use DateTime.TryParseExact:

DateTime dt;

bool isValid = DateTime.TryParseExact(
    "08/30/2009",
    "MM/dd/yyyy",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
    DateTimeStyles.None,
    out dt);