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Im getting dates as strings in two different date formats:

Like

Format 1 => 25.03.20 (DD.MM.YY)

Format 2 => 2025-08-05 (YYYY-MM-DD)

I thought for option Nr 1 this: moment(dateString, "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm").isValid() would be false. But is not, this test with a string in Format 1 is also true.

How can I check if a date is in Format 1 and if it is then make a new string like in Format 2 ?

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You have to pass a third, true parameter to enable strict checking as below:

const dateStr = "25.03.20"
console.log(moment(dateStr, 'DD.MM.YY', true).isValid())
console.log(moment(dateStr, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm', true).isValid())
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