private boolean validStartEndDate(String date) {
		 String delimiter = "/";
		 String[] splitDate = date.split(delimiter);

		 if (splitDate.length != 2) {
			 return false;
		 } else if(splitDate[0].length() != 2 || splitDate[1].length() != 2) {
			 return false;
		 } else {
			 long day = Long.parseLong(splitDate[0]) - 1;
			 long monthStartDay = (Long.parseLong(splitDate[1]) - 1) * 32;
			 if (monthStartDay < 0 || monthStartDay > 383) {
				 return false;
			 }
			 if (day < 0 || day > 31) {
				 return false;
			 }
			 return true;
		 }
	}