use Regexp::Assemble; use Date::Calc; my $re = Regexp::Assemble->new; for my $y ( 1900 .. 2100 ) { for my $m ( 1 .. 12 ) { for my $d ( 1 .. 31 ) { if ( Date::Calc::check_date( $y, $m, $d ) ) { $re->add( sprintf( "^%4d.%02d\.%02d\$", $y, $m, $d ) ); } } } } print $re;