note 17259 added to function.checkdate

One thing I am seeing in all these replies is that you are assuming the user (idiot) is going to enter a date in the format you want. What if they enter "my dog?" Here are some other entries that wouldn't pass through the sample codes I've seen so far: Nov 31, 70 November 31, 1970 11 31, 70 11/31.1970 Never underestimate stupid users. With ASP I could simply throw anything into IsDate("Insert_Input_Here") and it would tell me if that value was a date or not. From there I was free to format it anyway I wanted to. I have switched from ASP to PHP and I'm amazed that such a basic request is not taken care of naturally, instead of coming up with hacks to do the job. Signed, Sad -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.checkdate.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+17259 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+17259 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+17259