How to check String is a valid date or not in java | Code Factory

Check String value is a valid date or not.

package com.codeFactory;

import java.text.ParseException;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {

public static boolean checkDate(String inDate) {

/* SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); */

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

dateFormat.setLenient(false);

try {

dateFormat.parse(inDate.trim());

} catch (ParseException pe) {

return false;

}

return true;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

/* System.out.println(isValidDate("30-03-2017")); */

System.out.println(checkDate("2017-02-28"));

}

}