Hi I am trying to validate two text box with dates in asp.net. I want to make sure that the date in textbox1 should be smaller than textbox 2 (basically range). I am not able to achieve this, can someone help me on this<BR><BR>Thanx<BR><BR>I am using the asp.net form objects and asp validator.<asp:CompareValidator runat=server controltoValidate="your_beginning_date" ControlToCompare="your_end_date" operator="LessThan" type="date" ErrorMessage="you must enter a valid date and beginning date must not be greater than the ending date" /><BR><BR>Hope this helps.<BR>SteveDo you get an error? Can you post relevant code?..