/**
  * Returns a valid date from a string
  *
  * This function is used in import
  *
  * @return date('Y-m-d')
  *
  */
 public static function getValidDate($date)
 {
     $pattern = '/^(\\d\\d\\d\\d)(\\-(0[1-9]|1[012])(\\-((0[1-9])|1\\d|2\\d|3[01])(T(0\\d|1\\d|2[0-3])(:([0-5]\\d)(:([0-5]\\d))?))?)?)?|\\-\\-(0[1-9]|1[012])(\\-(0[1-9]|1\\d|2\\d|3[01]))?|\\-\\-\\-(0[1-9]|1\\d|2\\d|3[01])/';
     if (preg_match($pattern, $date, $matches)) {
         $date_part = array('year' => $matches[1], 'month' => '', 'day' => '', 'hour' => '', 'minute' => '', 'second' => '');
         if (isset($matches[3])) {
             $date_part['month'] = $matches[3];
         }
         if (isset($matches[5])) {
             $date_part['day'] = $matches[5];
         }
         if (isset($matches[8])) {
             $date_part['hour'] = $matches[8];
         }
         if (isset($matches[10])) {
             $date_part['minute'] = $matches[10];
         }
         if (isset($matches[12])) {
             $date_part['second'] = $matches[12];
         }
         $fuzzy = new FuzzyDateTime($date_part, 56, true, $date_part['hour'] == '');
         $fuzzy->setMaskFromDate($date_part);
         return $fuzzy;
     }
     $tmp_date = $date = str_replace('-', '/', $date);
     if (($dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('y', $tmp_date)) || ($dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y', $tmp_date))) {
         ($dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('y/m/d', $tmp_date . '/01/01')) || ($dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y/m/d', $tmp_date . '/01/01'));
         $tmp_date = $dt->format('Y-m-d');
     }
     if (DateTime::createFromFormat('m/y', $tmp_date) || DateTime::createFromFormat('n/y', $tmp_date)) {
         $tmp_date = '01/' . $tmp_date;
     }
     if (DateTime::createFromFormat('m/Y', $tmp_date) || DateTime::createFromFormat('n/Y', $tmp_date)) {
         $tmp_date = '01/' . $tmp_date;
     }
     try {
         $fuzzy = new FuzzyDateTime($tmp_date);
         // try to find the mask
         $ctn_sep = substr_count($date, '/');
         if ($ctn_sep == 0) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year'));
         } elseif ($ctn_sep == 1) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('month'));
         } elseif ($ctn_sep == 2) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('month') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('day'));
         } elseif ($ctn_sep == 3) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('month') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('day') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('hour'));
         } elseif ($ctn_sep == 4) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('month') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('day') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('hour') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('minute'));
         } elseif ($ctn_sep == 5) {
             $fuzzy->setMask(FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('year') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('month') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('day') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('hour') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('minute') + FuzzyDateTime::getMaskFor('second'));
         }
         return $fuzzy;
     } catch (Exception $e) {
     }
     return null;
 }