Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY

Adam Williams wrote:

I'm having users enter dates in MM-DD-YYYY format. is there a way to check if what they have entered is invalid (like if they enter 1-15-2008 instead of 01-15-2008) ?

$utime = strtotime($_POST['input']); if ( $utime !== false && $_POST['input'] == date('m-d-Y', $utime) ) { $mysql_date = date('Y-m-d', $utime); // valid date and format // use $mysql_date for whatever now } else error(); The above will take what ever is entered, as long as it is a valid date, and convert it to a timestamp. Then it converts it back to a date, formatted like the original. If they match, the it is valid. If they don't match, well then... -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare