diff --git a/app/validators/contact/ident/birth_date_validator.rb b/app/validators/contact/ident/birth_date_validator.rb
index 30b46954b..93d7e0940 100644
--- a/app/validators/contact/ident/birth_date_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/contact/ident/birth_date_validator.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ class Contact::Ident::BirthDateValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   def birth_date_wrong?(record)
     return unless record.birthday?
 
-    begin
-      Date.parse(record.code)
-    rescue ArgumentError
-      return true
-    end
+    return true if birth_date_format_wrong?(record.code)
 
     contact_ident_date = Date.parse(record.code)
     date_from = Time.zone.today - 150.years
@@ -22,4 +18,11 @@ class Contact::Ident::BirthDateValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
 
     true
   end
+
+  def birth_date_format_wrong?(date)
+    Date.parse(date)
+    false
+  rescue ArgumentError
+    true
+  end
 end