1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/at/gv/util/ValidationUtils.java b/src/main/java/at/gv/util/ValidationUtils.java
index cbc7207..108fe27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/at/gv/util/ValidationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/at/gv/util/ValidationUtils.java
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ package at.gv.util;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.Period;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class ValidationUtils {
 
 	private static final String DATEFORMAT = "dd.MM.yyyy";
+	private static final int REPRESENTATION_MIN_AGE = 14;
 	
 	public static boolean isDateFormat(String dateString) {
 		
@@ -57,5 +62,19 @@ public class ValidationUtils {
 		
 		return Pattern.compile("[0-9]{4}").matcher(postcode).matches();
 	}
+
+	public static boolean isOverThirteen(String representativeDateOfBirth) {
+		try {			
+			DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATEFORMAT);
+	        LocalDate birthdate= LocalDate.parse(representativeDateOfBirth, formatter);			 
+			Period p = Period.between(birthdate, LocalDate.now());			
+			return p.getYears() >= REPRESENTATION_MIN_AGE;
+				
+		} catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+		    return false;
+		    
+	    }
+
+	}
 	
 }