Once again, I ask a stupid question, wotk on it some more and find the
answer under my nose.

Thanks anyway, I have what I'm looking for.

Walter

BTW: If you would like to know what I did, or even look at it and comment...

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/*
 American Standard Format - accepts SLASH or DASH
 "02/03/1994 14:15:29 EST"    -- American Standard 24 Hr Clock
 "02/03/1994 02:15:29 PM EST" -- American Standard 12 Hr Clock
 "02/03/1994 14:15:29"        -- zone is optional
 "02/03/1994"                 -- only date

  Will work on dates before 1000, but must have leading ZEROs
*/

$strDate = "01-02-1994";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03 GMT";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03 AM GMT";

$regExp  = "^";                  // Start at begining of string

$regExp .=  "(";                 // Start Date Block

$regExp  =  "([0-9]{2})[-|\/]";  // Month DASH or SLASH
$regExp .=  "([0-9]{2})[-|\/]";  // Day DASH or SLASH
$regExp .=  "([0-9]{4})";        // Year
$regExp .=  ")?";                // End Time Block

$regExp .=  "(";                 // Start Time Block

$regExp .=    "[[:space:]]";     // Space
$regExp .=  "([0-9]{2}):";       // Hour COLON
$regExp .=  "([0-9]{2}):";       // Minute COLON
$regExp .=  "([0-9]{2})";        // Seconds

$regExp .=  "(";                 // Start Meridium Block
$regExp .=    "[[:space:]]";     // Space
$regExp .=  "[a-zA-Z]{1,2}";     // AM/PM
$regExp .=  ")?";                // End Meridium Block


$regExp .=  "(";                 // Start TZ Block
$regExp .=    "[[:space:]]";     // Space
$regExp .=  "[a-z|A-Z]{1,3}";  // Time Zone
$regExp .=  ")?";                // End TZ Block

$regExp .=  ")?";                // End Time Block

$regExp .= "$";                  // End at end of string



if (ereg ($regExp, $strDate, $regs))
{
 echo '<pre>';
 echo '|' . $strDate . '|' . '<br />';
 echo print_r($regs);
 echo '</pre>';
}
else
{
    echo "Invalid date format: $strDate";
}

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