You will to write regular expressions to check for those types of dates you want to allow. Don't forget about sanity checks like 31st in a month with 30 days and leap year.
>I've got a number of forms in an administration area that will accept a >date in any number of formats > >mm/dd/yyyy >mm/dd/yy >July 4, 2005 > >...and so on... > >I need a way to validate this field so if somebody types something other >than an accepted date (like "Bob") they get an alert saying "Please >format your date like XXXXX". > >Looks pretty easy with CF 7, but their host ain't running CF 7. > >Suggestions? > > >-- >----------- >Les Mizzell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211276 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
