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<?php $filename1 = "[Study] - Walton, Charles E - 01-02-2012.txt"; $filename2 = "[Rx] - 01-02-2003 - Walton, Charles E.pdf"; function validate_date($filename) { preg_match("/^(\D*)(\d+-\d+-\d+)(\D*)/",trim($filename),$matches); $date_arr = explode("-",$matches[2]); $month = str_pad($matches[0], 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); $day = str_pad($matches[1], 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); $year = $matches[2]; if ($year < 100) { if ($year > date("Y")+10) $year = $year + 1900; else $year = $year + 2000; } $date = $month . "-" . $day . "-" . $year; $filename = $matches[1] . $date . $matches[3]; return $matches; } print_r (validate_date($filename1)); print_r (validate_date($filename2));