Validate date format in a shell script

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Use date

date "+%d/%m/%Y" -d "09/99/2013" > /dev/null  2>&1
 is_valid=$?

The date string must be in “MM/DD/YYYY” format.

If you do not get 0 then date is in invalid format.

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