[Solved] How to validate format dd.MM.yyyy as valid

[Lukas]

Hi everybody

I'm using ASP.Net MVC 4 (Beta) in C# and Telerik 2012.1.419 and I have some Issues with the client-side validation. Everything is fine except if I change the culture to de-ch the format validation fails. It accepts only slashes ("/") as separators, not dots (".") as Germans use.

That's strange, because I'm using globalization and the datepicker is giving the right format for the different languages (de, fr, it, en).

I hope, somebody can help me.

Thanks

Lukas

[FinallyInSeattle]

Same problem here.  All languages display fine, but for validation - US works ("mm/dd/yyyy"), French works ("dd/mm/yyyy"), but German doesn't ("dd.mm.yyyy").  Can someone provide some assistance?

[Lauri]

Hi,

Same here, but I added this:

$.validator.methods.date = function (value, element) {
                if (value == undefined) { return false; }
                return this.optional(element) || kendo.parseDate(value);
            };

and the problem was solved. I hope this helps.

Please notice I use Kendo too, but perhaps you do also.
Please also remember to add the correct culture to Kendo.

[Daniel]

Hello,

The problem occurs because the jQuery validation does not support globalized dates or numbers. The approach to override the default methods is correct. If Kendo which provides methods to parse dates and numbers based on the current culture is not used, you could check this article which shows an alternate solution.

Kind regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team