ASP.Net MVC 2 Model Validation Regex Validator fails

Question

I have following property in my Model Metadata class:

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Spent On is required")]
[RegularExpression(@"[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/20[12][0-9]", 
   ErrorMessage = "Please enter date in mm/dd/yyyy format")]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
[DisplayName("Spent On")]
public DateTime SpentOn { get; set; }

But whenever I call ModelState.IsValid it always returns false because regex is not validating. I have matched the entered date (08/29/2010) against new regex using same pattern and it matches perfectly.

What am I doing wrong?

amantur · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 16:07:52Z

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Actualy there is another workaround for this. You can simply subclass the RegularExpressionAttribute

public class DateFormatValidatorAttribute : RegularExpressionAttribute {
    public DateFormatValidatorAttribute()
        : base(@"[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/20[12][0-9]") 
        {
            ErrorMessage = "Please enter date in mm/dd/yyyy format";
        }

        public override bool IsValid(object value) {
            return true;
        }
}

in your Global.asax.cs on application start register the RegularExpression addapter for client side validation like so:

DataAnnotationsModelValidatorProvider.RegisterAdapter(
            typeof(DateFormatValidatorAttribute), 
                typeof(RegularExpressionAttributeAdapter));

Now you get to have the build-in MVC regular exression validator client side and keep the DateTime as your property type

edited Nov 24, 2010 at 16:07

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answered Nov 24, 2010 at 15:31

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:44:22Z

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That's because regex applies to strings and not DateTime properties. If the user enters an invalid string which cannot be parsed to a DateTime instance from the model binder it will add a generic error message before your regex pattern executes.

You have a couple of possibilities:

Customize the error message in a resource file
Write a custom model binder
Use a string property (I feel guilty for proposing this :-))

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:44

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answered Aug 29, 2010 at 11:19

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amantur Over a year ago

aha, @Darin it is converting DateTime to String and that is not giving it MM/dd/yyyy thanks dear! I'll develop new ValidationAttribute, because there are some other validation also needed on this field.

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