function isDate(sDate) {
	var iYear, iMonth, iDay, iIndex

	var	reg
	reg = new RegExp('[^0-9-]','')
	if (sDate.search(reg) >= 0)
		return false;
	
	iIndex = sDate.indexOf('-');
	if ( iIndex == -1 )
		return false;
	else {
		iYear = parseFloat(sDate.substr(0, iIndex));
		if ( isNaN(iYear) || iYear < 1900 || iYear > 2099 )
			return false;
		else
			sDate = sDate.substring(iIndex + 1, sDate.length);
	}
	
	iIndex = sDate.indexOf('-');
	if ( iIndex == -1 )
		return false;
	else {
		iMonth = parseFloat(sDate.substr(0, iIndex));
		if ( isNaN(iMonth) || iMonth < 1 || iMonth > 12 )
			return false;
		else
			sDate = sDate.substring(iIndex + 1, sDate.length);
	}
	
	iIndex = sDate.indexOf('-');
	if ( iIndex >= 0 )
		return false;
	else {
		iDay = parseFloat(sDate);
		if ( isNaN(iDay) || iDay < 1 || iDay > 31 )
			return false;
	}
	
	
	switch(iMonth) {
		case 4:
		case 6:
		case 9:
		case 11:
			if ( iDay > 30 )
				return false;
			else
				break;
		case 2:
			if ( ( ( iYear % 4 == 0 && iYear % 100 != 0 ) || iYear % 400 == 0 ) && iDay > 29 )
				return false;
			else if ( (iYear % 4 != 0 || (iYear % 100 == 0 && iYear % 400 != 0)) && iDay > 28 )
				return false;
			else
				break;
		default:
	}
	return true;
}



function parseDate(sDate) {
	var iIndex, iYear, iMonth, iDay
	
	iIndex = sDate.indexOf('-');
	iYear = parseFloat(sDate.substr(0, iIndex));
	sDate = sDate.substring(iIndex + 1, sDate.length);
	
	iIndex = sDate.indexOf('-');
	iMonth = parseFloat(sDate.substr(0, iIndex));
	iDay = parseFloat(sDate.substring(iIndex + 1, sDate.length));
	
	return new Date(iYear, iMonth - 1, iDay);
}

function isDateString(sDate)
{	var iaMonthDays = [31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31]
	var iaDate = new Array(3)
	var year, month, day

	if (arguments.length != 1) return false
	iaDate = sDate.toString().split("-")
	if (iaDate.length != 3) return false
	if (iaDate[1].length > 2 || iaDate[2].length > 2) return false

	year = parseFloat(iaDate[0])
	month = parseFloat(iaDate[1])
	day=parseFloat(iaDate[2])

	if (year < 1900 || year > 2100) return false
	if (((year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0)) || (year % 400 == 0)) iaMonthDays[1]=29;
	if (month < 1 || month > 12) return false
	if (day < 1 || day > iaMonthDays[month - 1]) return false
	return true
}

function stringToDate(sDate, bIgnore)
{	var bValidDate, year, month, day
	var iaDate = new Array(3)
	
	if (bIgnore) bValidDate = true
	else bValidDate = isDateString(sDate)
	
	if (bValidDate)
	{  iaDate = sDate.toString().split("-")
		year = parseFloat(iaDate[0])
		month = parseFloat(iaDate[1]) - 1
		day=parseFloat(iaDate[2])
		return (new Date(year,month,day))
	}
	else return (new Date(1900,1,1))
}