Added new validation type 'date' to validator module

lib/__tests__/validator.test.js

@@ -233,6 +233,55 @@ describe('validate', () => {
 		}).toThrow('Invalid');
 	});
 
+	test('Valid date validation', () => {
+		const body = {
+			name: 'Bob',
+			message: 'Hi Jim!',
+			date: '01/02/2004'
+		};
+
+		const fields = [
+			'name',
+			'message',
+			'date'
+		];
+
+		const validation = {
+			date: 'date'
+		};
+
+		const result = validator.validate(body, fields, validation);
+
+		expect(result).toBeObject();
+		expect(result).toContainKey('fields');
+		expect(result.fields.get('date')).toEqual({
+			raw: body.date,
+			date: new Date(body.date)
+		});
+	});
+
+	test('Invalid date validation', () => {
+		const body = {
+			name: 'Bob',
+			message: 'Hi Jim!',
+			date: 'Jeffery'
+		};
+
+		const fields = [
+			'name',
+			'message',
+			'date'
+		];
+
+		const validation = {
+			date: 'date'
+		};
+
+		expect(() => {
+			validator.validate(body, fields, validation);
+		}).toThrow('Invalid');
+	});
+
 	test('Invalid validation type', () => {
 		const body = {
 			name: 'Bob',

lib/validator.js

@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ function validate(body, fields, validation = {}) {
 					fieldsMap.get(checkOpts[1])
 				);
 				break;
+			case 'date': {
+				const raw = fieldsMap.get(checkOpts);
+				const obj = new Date(raw);
+
+				valid = !isNaN(obj.getTime());
+
+				fieldsMap.set(checkOpts, {
+					raw: raw,
+					date: obj
+				});
+				break;
+			}
 			default:
 				throw new Error('Invalid validation type');
 		}