William;

Could you use a CompareValidator? It is easy to set up and works well.

Depending upon what Browser your audience consists of, you might consider HTML side code in vbScript or JavaScript.

Here is an example in vbScript:

<  script language=vbScript  >
sub txtTodaysDate_OnBlur()
     if len(trim(frmCustomer.txtTodaysDate.Value))> 0 then 
          if Not IsDate(frmCustomer.txtTodaysDate.Value) then 
           alert ("Not a valid date") frmCustomer.txtTodaysDate.focus() 
          end if 
     end if 
end sub
< /script >

Tom


>Hi All,
>
>I have a web form with 3 textboxes to receive dates also I have a custom validator and a method (validate_date) to validate one of the dates.
>

>private void Validate_date( object sender, ServerValidateEventArgs e)
>{
>			lblMessage.Text = "";
>			e.IsValid = true;
>			
>			if ( !IsDate( e.Value) )
>			{
>				e.IsValid = false;
>				
>				cv_IssuedDate.ErrorMessage = "Invalid Date!";
>				lblMessage.Text = "Issued Date Invalid";
>			}
>		}
>
>		public bool IsDate(string sdate)
>		{
>			DateTime dt;
>			bool isDate = true;
>			try
>			{
>				dt = DateTime.Parse(sdate);
>			}
>			catch (Exception e)
>			{
>				isDate = false;
>				lblMessage.Text = e.Message;
>			}
>			return isDate;
>		}
>

>The problem is that is always returning Invalid date even when I type a correct date
>Ex 01/01/01 or 01/01/2000
>
>Any help would appreciated,
>
>thanks