06-01-2009
If perl is an option, then you can use the Date::Calc module for date validation.
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date::calc::xs
Date::Calc::XS(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Date::Calc::XS(3pm)
NAME
Date::Calc::XS - XS wrapper and C library plug-in for Date::Calc
SYNOPSIS
You never use this module directly. Use Date::Calc(3) instead!
DESCRIPTION
You never use this module directly. Use Date::Calc(3) instead!
SEE ALSO
Date::Calc(3), Date::Calc::PP(3).
VERSION
This man page documents "Date::Calc::XS" version 6.3.
AUTHOR
Steffen Beyer
mailto:STBEY@cpan.org
http://www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1995 - 2012 by Steffen Beyer. All rights reserved.
LICENSE
This package is free software; you can use, modify and redistribute it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e., at your option, under the
terms either of the "Artistic License" or the "GNU General Public License".
The C library at the core of the module "Date::Calc::XS" can, at your discretion, also be used, modified and redistributed under the terms
of the "GNU Library General Public License".
Please refer to the files "Artistic.txt", "GNU_GPL.txt" and "GNU_LGPL.txt" in the "license" subdirectory of this distribution for any
details!
DISCLAIMER
This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the "GNU General Public License" for more details.
perl v5.14.2 2012-05-17 Date::Calc::XS(3pm)