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Revision: 6236
at May 11, 2008 05:34 by estebant
Updated Code 
function checkDateFormat($date)
{
  //match the format of the date
  if (preg_match ("/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})$/", $date, $parts))
  {
    //check weather the date is valid of not
	if(checkdate($parts[2],$parts[3],$parts[1]))
	  return true;
	else
	 return false;
  }
  else
    return false;
}

echo checkDateFormat("2008-02-29"); //return true
echo checkDateFormat("2007-02-29"); //return false

Revision: 6235
at May 11, 2008 05:30 by estebant
Initial Code 
function checkDateFormat($date)
{
  //match the format of the date
  if (preg_match ("/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})$/”, $date, $parts))
  {
    //check weather the date is valid of not
	if(checkdate($parts[2],$parts[3],$parts[1]))
	  return true;
	else
	 return false;
  }
  else
    return false;
}
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