function checkDate(fname){ var sc = $("#"+fname); var s = sc.val(); if (sc==null){ alert("Element is null"); return true; } var reg=/^(?:(?!0000)[0-9]{4}-(?:(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])|(?:0[13-9]|1[0-2])-(?:29|30)|(?:0[13578]|1[02])-31)|(?:[0-9]{2}(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])00)-02-29)$/; if(!s.match(reg)){ alert("false"); }else{ alert("true"); }