Date Rules

IsDate

must be a valid date

Parameters:

• date_format (str, optional): The date format to be used for validation. If not provided, the default format is %Y-%m-%d.
• message (str, optional): The error message to be used if the validation fails.

Example

# single validate, using default date format
IsDate().validate("2020-01-01", "data")
IsDate(date_format="%Y-%m-%d")

DateEquals

Validate that the provided date value is equal to the target date.

Parameters:

• target_date: (datetime.date) the date to compare against
• date_format: (str,optional) the date format to validate the date against (default: %Y-%m-%d)
• message: (str,optional) the error message to return if the validation fails

Example

# single validate, using default date format
DateEquals(datetime.datetime.strptime("2024-12-24", "%Y-%m-%d")).validate("2024-12-24", "data")

DateAfter

Validate that the provided date value is after the target date.

Parameters:

• target_date: (datetime.date) the date to compare against
• date_format: (str,optional) the date format to validate the date against (default: %Y-%m-%d)
• message: (str,optional) the error message to return if the validation

Example

DateAfter(datetime.datetime.strptime("2024-12-24", "%Y-%m-%d")).validate("2024-12-25", "data")

DateBefore

Validate that the provided date value is before the target date.

Parameters:

• target_date: (datetime.date) the date to compare against
• date_format: (str,optional) the date format to validate the date against (default: %Y-%m-%d)
• message: (str,optional) the error message to return if the validation

Example

DateBefore(datetime.datetime.strptime("2024-12-24", "%Y-%m-%d")).validate("2024-12-22", "data")