Comparevalidator error when dates span over different years

[manjulam]

I have two date fields in my web form for which I need to do a normal Start Date-End Date validation. I am using a CompareValidator to do the same. I notice that it works for any combination except when the year part of the two dates are different. eg: Start Date=01/012005 and End Date-12/31/2004 will pass the validation.

Any ideas,anyone?

 

[checkai]

can you post what type of validation code you have running?

 

[manjulam]

I think i got what was wrong! I was missing Type=Date property,so it was probably doing a string comparison.

<asp:comparevalidator id="CompareValidator3" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Start Date cannot be greater than End Date"
ControlToValidate="TextBox2" Display="None" Operator="LessThanEqual" ControlToCompare="TextBox3" Type="Date"></asp:comparevalidator>