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Can jQuery Date Picker be made to force date validation?

I am about to commit to using jQuery Date Picker since I do n ot want to code custom date validation. But when I type an invalid date (2/30/2011) into the text field here:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#dropdown-month-year

nothing happens.

Can validation be turned on? OR, is there an easy way for me to find out the entered a date and that jQuery Date Picker consider it invalid?

Thanks!

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HainKurt

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curiouswebster

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Outside of format errors, I want to rely fully on the Date Picker for date validation of dates. I want to be able to easily determine that:

2/30/2011 is not valid but do not want to code the logic about Febrary and leap years.

How can I easily use that kind of validation?

Thanks.

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leakim971

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curiouswebster

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That's one solution, for sure. But that makes it harder for me to convince people the Date Picker will improve the user experience. It's kind of strange to have a text file that does not work. Can't I catch an event every time they update that field, then when they have inputted a properly formatted date, check the date's validity with the Date Picker?

Curious.

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hielo

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curiouswebster

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Thanks!