I wanted to validate a date AND it's format, and wanted to allow any ISO standard formatted date. This may not be the most elegant, but it does work. 
use Date::Parse;
use Date::Manip qw();

sub is_valid_date_string {
    my $str = shift;

    my @elms = strptime($str);

    # Date::Parse will leave undefs if the elem cannot be found in the
+ string
    return 0 unless defined($elms[3]) && defined($elms[4]) && defined(
+$elms[5]);

    my $str_r = sprintf("%4d-%02d-%02d", $elms[5]+1900, $elms[4]+1, $e
+lms[3] );

    # Run back trhough Date::Manip to make sure whatever we parsed is 
+a valid date
    return 0 unless Date::Manip::UnixDate($str_r,"%Y-%m-%d") eq $str_r
+;
    return 1;
}

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In reply to Re: How do I validate a date? by BaldPenguin
in thread How do I validate a date? by Anonymous Monk

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