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# checkdate

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

checkdate -- Validate a gregorian date/time

## Description

``bool checkdate` (int month, int day, int year)`

Returns `TRUE` if the date given is valid; otherwise returns `FALSE`. Checks the validity of the date formed by the arguments. A date is considered valid if:

- year is between 1 and 32767 inclusive

- month is between 1 and 12 inclusive

- `Day` is within the allowed number of days for the given `month`. Leap `year`s are taken into consideration.

See also mktime() and strtotime().

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