| def valid_date(date): | |
| """You have to write a function which validates a given date string and | |
| returns True if the date is valid otherwise False. | |
| The date is valid if all of the following rules are satisfied: | |
| 1. The date string is not empty. | |
| 2. The number of days is not less than 1 or higher than 31 days for months 1,3,5,7,8,10,12. And the number of days is not less than 1 or higher than 30 days for months 4,6,9,11. And, the number of days is not less than 1 or higher than 29 for the month 2. | |
| 3. The months should not be less than 1 or higher than 12. | |
| 4. The date should be in the format: mm-dd-yyyy | |
| for example: | |
| valid_date('03-11-2000') => True | |
| valid_date('15-01-2012') => False | |
| valid_date('04-0-2040') => False | |
| valid_date('06-04-2020') => True | |
| valid_date('06/04/2020') => False | |
| """ | |
| try: | |
| date = date.strip() | |
| month, day, year = date.split('-') | |
| month, day, year = int(month), int(day), int(year) | |
| if month < 1 or month > 12: | |
| return False | |
| if month in [1,3,5,7,8,10,12] and day < 1 or day > 31: | |
| return False | |
| if month in [4,6,9,11] and day < 1 or day > 30: | |
| return False | |
| if month == 2 and day < 1 or day > 29: | |
| return False | |
| except: | |
| return False | |
| return True | |