if (!northlich) {
    var northlich = new Object();
}
if (!northlich.validate) {
    northlich.validate = new Object();
}

if (!northlich.validate.Date) {
    northlich.validate.Date = new Object();
}







northlich.validate.Date.CheckError = function(dspName, tagID, oErrorsTracker) {

    var oTxt = document.getElementById(tagID);
    var dtStr = oTxt.value;

    if (dtStr.replace(/ /g, '') == '')
        return;

    var error_msg = null;

    var dtCh = "/";
    var minYear = 1900;
    var maxYear = 2100;

    var daysInMonth = northlich.validate.Date.DaysArray(12)
    var pos1 = dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
    var pos2 = dtStr.indexOf(dtCh, pos1 + 1)
    var strMonth = dtStr.substring(0, pos1)
    var strDay = dtStr.substring(pos1 + 1, pos2)
    var strYear = dtStr.substring(pos2 + 1)
    strYr = strYear
    if (strDay.charAt(0) == "0" && strDay.length > 1) strDay = strDay.substring(1)
    if (strMonth.charAt(0) == "0" && strMonth.length > 1) strMonth = strMonth.substring(1)
    for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
        if (strYr.charAt(0) == "0" && strYr.length > 1) strYr = strYr.substring(1)
    }
    month = parseInt(strMonth)
    day = parseInt(strDay)
    year = parseInt(strYr)
    if (pos1 == -1 || pos2 == -1) {
        error_msg = "The date format for " + dspName + " should be 'mm/dd/yyyy'.";
        oErrorsTracker.appendError(oTxt.id, error_msg);
        return false
    }
    if (strMonth.length < 1 || month < 1 || month > 12) {
        error_msg = "For '" + dspName + "', the month is not valid";
        oErrorsTracker.appendError(oTxt.id, error_msg);
        return false
    }
    if (strDay.length < 1 || day < 1 || day > 31 || (month == 2 && day > northlich.validate.Date.daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]) {
        error_msg = "For '" + dspName + "', the day is not valid";
        oErrorsTracker.appendError(oTxt.id, error_msg);
        return false
    }
    if (strYear.length != 4 || year == 0 || year < minYear || year > maxYear) {
        error_msg = "For '" + dspName + "', the year is not valid. A year should be 4 digits between " + minYear + " and " + maxYear;
        oErrorsTracker.appendError(oTxt.id, error_msg);
        return false
    }
    if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh, pos2 + 1) != -1 || northlich.validate.Date.isInteger(northlich.validate.Date.stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh)) == false) {
        error_msg = "'" + dspName + "' is not valid date";
        oErrorsTracker.appendError(oTxt.id, error_msg);
        return false
    }
    return true

}

northlich.validate.Date.isInteger = function(s) {
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}
northlich.validate.Date.stripCharsInBag = function(s, bag) {
    var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}
northlich.validate.Date.daysInFebruary = function(year) {
    // February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ((!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28);
}
northlich.validate.Date.DaysArray = function(n) {
    for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        this[i] = 31
        if (i == 4 || i == 6 || i == 9 || i == 11) { this[i] = 30 }
        if (i == 2) { this[i] = 29 }
    }
    return this
}