Date Validation Functions

The following functions are used to validate dates. They return a boolean value.

from sanatio import Sanatio

val = Sanatio()

IsDate() Returns true if the value is a valid date.

args: value

>>> val.is_date('2012-12-12')
True

isBefore() Returns true if the value is before the date.

args: date1, date2: check if date1 is before date2 default date2 is current date

>>> val.is_before(date1='2012-12-12', date2='2012-12-13')
True

isAfter() Returns true if the value is after the date.

args: date1, date2: check if date1 is after date2 default date2 is current date

>>> val.is_after(date1='2012-12-12', date2='2012-12-11')
True