Regex to validate date format dd/mm/yyyy

Question

I need to validate a date string for the format dd/mm/yyyy with a regular expresssion.

This regex validates dd/mm/yyyy, but not the invalid

Answer 1

((((0[13578]|1[02])\/(0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[01]))|((0[469]|11)\/(0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0]))|((02)(\/(0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]))))\/(19([6-9][0-9])|20([0-9][0-9])))|((02)\/(29)\/(19(6[048]|7[26]|8[048]|9[26])|20(0[048]|1[26]|2[048])))

will validate MM/DD/YYYY format with 1960 to 2028

if you need to extend leap year support then add

19(6[048]|7[26]|8[048]|9[26])|20(0[048]|1[26]|2[048]|3[26]|4[048])))

this is also work

^((((0[13578]|1[02])[/](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[01]))|((0[469]|11)[/](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0]))|((02)([/](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]))))[/](19([6-9][0-9])|20([0-9][0-9])))|((02)[/](29)[/](19(6[048]|7[26]|8[048]|9[26])|20(0[048]|1[26]|2[048])))

if you can change format mm-dd-yyyy than replace [/] to [-] also check online http://regexr.com/