# Date checking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-checking/186051 "2010-03-30T23:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-checking/186051/1 "2010-03-30T23:00:54Z")
Is there a method in Rails to see if a date is valid and in the last 120 years? I’m doing an app that has a list of people and I’d like to check their birthdays. Just checking to see if this is already here before i start coding it. Thanks Bob ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-checking/186051/2 "2010-03-31T09:15:54Z")
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a method in Rails to see if a date is valid and in the last > 120 years? I’m doing an app that has a list of people and I’d like to I use the validates\_timeliness gem > **[GitHub - adzap/validates\_timeliness: Date and time validation plugin for...](https://github.com/adzap/validates_timeliness)** > > Date and time validation plugin for ActiveModel and Rails. Supports multiple ORMs and allows custom date/time formats. - GitHub - adzap/validates\_timeliness: Date and time validation plugin for Ac...