How can I validate a date in Python 3.x?
Question: I would like to have the user input a date, something like:

    
    
    date = input('Date (m/dd/yyyy): ')
    

and then make sure that the input is a valid date. I don't really care that
much about the date format.

Thanks for any input.


Answer: You can use the [`time` module's
`strptime()`](http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strptime)
function:

    
    
    import time
    date = input('Date (mm/dd/yyyy): ')
    try:
      valid_date = time.strptime(date, '%m/%d/%Y')
    except ValueError:
      print('Invalid date!')
    

Note that in Python 2.x you'll need to use `raw_input` instead of `input`.

