check the input format of a date python 1

check the input format of a date python

by 
>>> import datetime
>>> def validate(my_str_date):
    try:
        datetime.datetime.strptime(my_str_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
    except ValueError:
        raise ValueError("Incorrect data format, should be YYYY-MM-DD")
        

>>> validate('2003-12-23')
>>> validate('2003/12/23')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "", line 5, in validate
ValueError: "Incorrect data format, should be YYYY-MM-DD"

Here is what the above code is Doing:
1. We’ve defined a function called validate that takes a string as an argument.
2. We’ve used a try/except block to catch any ValueError exceptions.
3. We’ve used the datetime.datetime.strptime() method to parse the string into a datetime object.
4. If the string cannot be parsed into a datetime object, a ValueError exception is raised.
5. We’ve handled this exception by printing a message to the user.

You can use this same technique to handle any type of exception.