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Please forgive my ignorance, but why is there a comma after your first line? I need to set the date equal to the value of a field. Below is what I am using, but it fails. Can you help?<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41806736-1"><span>var testdate = document.forms[&quot;myForm&quot;][&quot;dateTimeField&quot;].value,</span>
<span>    patt = /(0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])\/20\d\d (([01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d|24:00)/;</span>
<span>if (patt.test(testdate) ) {</span>
<span>    alert('Date format is correct!');</span>
<span>} else {</span>
<span>    alert('Incorrect date format. Please provide your date and time in mm/dd/20yy hh:mm 24-hour format.');</span>
<span>}</span>
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Nevermind, I just needed the regular expression. I got it to work by using the below, thank you very much!<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41806778-1"><span>$('#test').submit(function(){</span>
<span>    var val = $('#myBox').val();</span>
<span>    if(/(0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])\/20\d\d (([01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d|24:00)/.test(val) == false) {</span>
<span>      alert(&quot;test&quot;);  </span>
<span>        return false;</span>
<span>    }</span>
<span>}</span>
<span>);</span>
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The comma was to separate the two variables I was declaring, <i>testdate</i> and <i>patt</i>.<br />
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You are welcome.
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I have a text box with a date/time picker, but the box is not read only. I need to use jquery or javascript to validate the date/time entered meets the following format: <b>09/19/2016 15:31</b><br />
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That is.. I need to validate input in the text box as mm/dd/yyyy [space] 24:hour time clock. Does anyone have experience with how I can do this? If so, do you have a code example? I'm thinking maybe a regular expression? Thank you.
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I have a text box with a date/time picker, but the box is not read only. I need to use jquery or javascript to validate the date/time entered meets the following format: 09/19/2016 15:31

That is.. I need to validate input in the text box as mm/dd/yyyy [space] 24:hour time clock. Does anyone have experience with how I can do this? If so, do you have a code example? I'm thinking maybe a regular expression? Thank you.

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