Re: Using a perl regex

>I am trying to use a perl regular expression to validate a form field >where I am allowing someone to edit a sql date-time stamp in the format >of '2004-02-05 21:43:34'. Just FYI, strtotime() provides date/time validation for free - check the input using strtotime() and date('Y-m-d H:i:s') to get it in the form you want. An alternate, simpler PCRE would be: '/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/' Though note that unlike strtotime(), it won't tell you whether the date is illegal. --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html