function isDate8(sDate) { if (!/^[0-9]{8}$/.test(sDate)) { return false; } var year, month, day; year = sDate.substring(0, 4); month = sDate.substring(4, 6); day = sDate.substring(6, 8); var iaMonthDays = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31] if (year < 1700 || year > 2500) return false if (((year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0)) || (year % 400 == 0)) iaMonthDays[1] = 29; if (month < 1 || month > 12) return false if (day < 1 || day > iaMonthDays[month - 1]) return false return true }