Index: trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/BackupRawToWue.sh
===================================================================
--- trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/BackupRawToWue.sh	(revision 17904)
+++ trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/BackupRawToWue.sh	(revision 17905)
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 if [ "$certaindate" != "" ]
 then
-   checkstring=`echo $certaindate | grep -E -o '20[0-9][0-9]\/[01][0-9]\/[0-3][0-9]'`
+   checkstring=`echo $certaindate | grep -E -o '^20[0-9][0-9]\/[01][0-9]\/[0-3][0-9]$'`
    if [ "$checkstring" = "" ]
    then
Index: trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/CheckTransfer.sh
===================================================================
--- trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/CheckTransfer.sh	(revision 17904)
+++ trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/CheckTransfer.sh	(revision 17905)
@@ -108,5 +108,5 @@
    if [ "$certaindate" != "" ]
    then
-      checkstring=`echo $certaindate | grep -E -o '20[0-9][0-9]\/[01][0-9]\/[0-3][0-9]'`
+      checkstring=`echo $certaindate | grep -E -o '^20[0-9][0-9]\/[01][0-9]\/[0-3][0-9]$'`
       if [ "$checkstring" = "" ]
       then
Index: trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/ZipRawData.sh
===================================================================
--- trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/ZipRawData.sh	(revision 17904)
+++ trunk/DataCheck/Transfer/ZipRawData.sh	(revision 17905)
@@ -19,4 +19,10 @@
 if [ "$certaindate" != "" ]
 then
+   checkstring=`echo $certaindate | grep -E -o '^20[0-9][0-9]\/[01][0-9]\/[0-3][0-9]$'`
+   if [ "$checkstring" = "" ]
+   then
+      echo "Please give the variable certaindate in the correct format (YYYY/MM/DD)"
+      finish
+   fi
    getdates $certaindate
 else