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CGI::ValidOp::Check::date(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    CGI::ValidOp::Check::date(3pm)

NAME
       CGI::ValidOp::Check::date - CGI::ValidOp::Check module to check if input looks like a date.

DESCRIPTION
       iso Checks for ISO 8601 compliance:  YYYY-MM-DD.  Returns date in compliant format, zero-padded if necessary.

       american
	   Checks that the date is a standard American mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy date.  Insists on 4 digit years.  Leading zeros for month and day
	   are optional.

	   Returns date in ISO format with leading zeros.

	   This allows the application to handle dates in a single, consistent format.	The presentation layer can then concern itself with what
	   format dates need to be displayed in.

       general
	   Checks that the date is either iso or american format.  Returns iso format.

AUTHOR
       Randall Hansen <legless@cpan.org> Joshua Partlow <jpartlow@opensourcery.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Randall Hansen. All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

       See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.10.1							    2009-11-30					    CGI::ValidOp::Check::date(3pm)