checking dates

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Re: checking dates by naChoZ (Curate) on Sep 16, 2003 at 13:44 UTC
How do I validate a date? -- "I just read perlman:perlboot," said Tom, objectively. naChoZ	[reply]
Re: checking dates by hardburn (Abbot) on Sep 16, 2003 at 13:40 UTC
`my ($year, $month, $day) = $date =~ /\A (\d{4}) - (\d\d) - (\d\d) \z/x +;` [download] ---- I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident. -- Schemer Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply] [d/l]