Here is a slightly goofy proof of concept in another direction. 

use Date::Calc qw( check_date );

while ( <DATA> )
{
    chomp;
    my @date = ( /(\d+)/g )[2,0,1];
    print and print check_date(@date) ? "-->Yep\n" : "-->Nope\n";
}

__END__
1.1.1
6/4/1989
2-29-2000
2/29/2001

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I don't know how it compares to strptime but Date::Calc is extremely fast so if it's important, it might be worth benchmarking. Correctly rearranging the DMY and accounting for YYYY (e.g., I believe /01 would be interpreted as 1 CE) would be part of the implementation as DC only accepts Y{1,4}, M?M, D?D.

In reply to Re: Fast way to validate dates by Your Mother
in thread Fast way to validate dates by astroboy

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