diff --git a/app/models/contest.rb b/app/models/contest.rb
index 7f6e10a8c..e1706b166 100644
--- a/app/models/contest.rb
+++ b/app/models/contest.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ class Contest < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => NAME_LENGTH_LIMIT
   validates_length_of :description, :maximum => DESCRIPTION_LENGTH_LIMIT
-  validates_presence_of :author_id, :name, :deadline,:budget
-  validates_format_of :deadline, :with => /^[\d]{4}[-][\d]{1,2}[-][\d]{1,2}$/
+  validates_presence_of :author_id, :name, :budget
+  #validates_format_of :deadline, :with => /^[\d]{4}[-][\d]{1,2}[-][\d]{1,2}$/
+  validates_format_of :deadline, :with =>/^[1-9][0-9]{3}\-0?[1-9]|1[12]\-0?[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]$/
   # validates_format_of :budget, :with => /^(\d+)$|^(\d+).([0-9]{2})|^(\d+).([0-9]{1})$/
   validate :validate_user
   after_create :act_as_activity