How to validate Date of a Date Field in ColdFusion

cfinput - validate input type datefield

cfinputTypeDateFieldValidate.cfm


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<title>cfinput type datefield: how to validate input type datefield in coldfusion</title>
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<h2 style="color:Crimson; font-style:italic">cfinput type datefield example: how to validate</h2>
<hr width="475" align="left" color="Crimson" />
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<cfif IsDefined("Form.SubmitMeetingDate")>
 <cfoutput>
  <h3 style="color:Crimson;">
      Next meeting date is: : #DateFormat(Form.DateChooser)#
  </h3>
    </cfoutput>
</cfif>

<cfform name="InputTypedateFieldValidation" method="post" format="html">
 <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="Pink">
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2" bgcolor="HotPink" style="color:Snow; font-size:large" align="center">
             Meeting Date Submit Form
            </td>
        </tr>
     <tr valign="top">
         <td style="color:RosyBrown; font-weight:bold">
             Next meeting Date?
            </td>
         <td height="250">
             <cfinput 
                 name="DateChooser"
                    type="datefield"
                    validate="date"
                    required="yes"
                    message="Choose a date."
                    >
            </td>
        </tr>
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2" align="right">
       <cfinput name="SubmitMeetingDate" type="submit" value="Submit">
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</cfform>
</body>
</html>





















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