First but may be not probably the best decision is to use (gm)strftime() and
(gm)mktime().
So parse your string put the data into mktime() with hour/minute/second for exmaple
12,0,0 . Strftime() will return a unix
timestamp.
Use that timestamp with strftime() to get the year,month and date. If they are the
same as the parsed the date is valid, otherwise
not.
Best regards,
Andrey Hristov
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: [PHP] How to validate this date: 2002-02-31
> Hi there,
>
> I am still lacking of one error the user can provide:
>
> Desired format: yyyy.mm.dd
>
> Asuming he enters a date: 2002-02-31 (There is no Feb 31)
>
> Is there a function which check is the date is ok?
>
> Thanx guys,
>
> Andy
>
> PS: I wrote this function which has the whole:
> /*
> * Validates the format of date
> * requested format: yyyy-mm-dd.
> * Return false if not valid
> */
> function validate_date($date){
> return ereg ("([0-9]{4})-([0-1]{1})([0-2]{1})-([0-3]{1})([0-9]{1})",$date);
> }
>
>
>
>
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