I expanded just slightly on the isValidDate function Thorbin posted above (using a regex). We use a regex to check the format (to prevent us from getting another format which would be valid for Date). After this loose check we then actually run it through the Date constructor and return true or false if it is valid within this format. If it is not a valid date we will get false from this function.
function isValidDate(dateString) {_x000D_
var regEx = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/;_x000D_
if(!dateString.match(regEx)) return false; // Invalid format_x000D_
var d = new Date(dateString);_x000D_
var dNum = d.getTime();_x000D_
if(!dNum && dNum !== 0) return false; // NaN value, Invalid date_x000D_
return d.toISOString().slice(0,10) === dateString;_x000D_
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/* Example Uses */_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("0000-00-00")); // false_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("2015-01-40")); // false_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("2016-11-25")); // true_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("1970-01-01")); // true = epoch_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("2016-02-29")); // true = leap day_x000D_
console.log(isValidDate("2013-02-29")); // false = not leap day
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