MATLAB: Validation of a date with a given format

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Hi. I am designing a GUI. I have an edit text box where I enter a date string with the following format '31 Mar 2011 10:00:00.000'. I need code to validate it and write an error message in case of invalid input. Thank you for your attention. Cheers.

Best Answer

Thank you all for the answers. This is one of the posible callback function codes corresponding to the edit text box that it can be used:
user_entry = get(hObject,'string');
control = regexp(user_entry,'[0-3]\d (Jan|Feb|Mar|...|Dec) \d\d\d\d (0\d|1[0-2]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d.\d\d\d')
if(numel(control)==0)
    errordlg('Invalid Input Format','Error Message','modal')
    uicontrol(hObject)
end
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