CHECKDATE(3) 1 CHECKDATE(3)
checkdate - Validate a Gregorian date
SYNOPSIS
bool checkdate (int $month, int $day, int $year)
DESCRIPTION
Checks the validity of the date formed by the arguments. A date is considered valid if each parameter is properly defined.
PARAMETERS
o $month
- The month is between 1 and 12 inclusive.
o $day
- The day is within the allowed number of days for the given $month. Leap $years are taken into consideration.
o $year
- The year is between 1 and 32767 inclusive.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if the date given is valid; otherwise returns FALSE.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
checkdate(3) example
<?php
var_dump(checkdate(12, 31, 2000));
var_dump(checkdate(2, 29, 2001));
?>
The above example will output:
bool(true)
bool(false)
SEE ALSO
mktime(3), strtotime(3).
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