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Protected Sub btnstudent_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnstudent.Click

ValidateDate(send,e)

End Sub

Public Class QueryBuilder
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Protected Sub ValidateDate(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ServerValidateEventArgs)
      If Regex.IsMatch(txtdated.Text, "(((0|1)[1-9]|2[1-9]|3[0-1])\/(0[1-9]|1[1-2])\/((19|20)\d\d))$") Then
          Dim dt As DateTime
          e.IsValid = DateTime.TryParseExact(e.Value, "dd/MM/yyyy", New CultureInfo("en-GB"), DateTimeStyles.None, dt)
          If e.IsValid Then
              ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "alert", "alert('Valid Date.');", True)
          End If
      Else
          e.IsValid = False
      End If
  End Sub

Protected Sub btnstudent_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnstudent.Click
 Dim cs As New QueryBuilder
cs.ValidateDate()

End Sub

End Class