diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df8d0b1..0659823 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ scraper = "0.24.0"
 once_cell = "1.21.3"
 rustc-hash = "2.1.1"
 async-trait = "0.1"
+regex = "1.12.2"
 
 [lints.rust]
 unexpected_cfgs = "allow"
diff --git a/src/providers/xxdbx.rs b/src/providers/xxdbx.rs
index 8cc7ce6..5237567 100644
--- a/src/providers/xxdbx.rs
+++ b/src/providers/xxdbx.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use error_chain::error_chain;
 use htmlentity::entity::{ICodedDataTrait, decode};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::vec;
+use regex::Regex;
 
 error_chain! {
     foreign_links {
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ error_chain! {
     }
 }
 
+fn is_valid_date(s: &str) -> bool {
+    // Regex: strict yyyy-mm-dd (no validation of real calendar dates, just format)
+    let re = Regex::new(r"^\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$").unwrap();
+    re.is_match(s)
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct XxdbxProvider {
     url: String,
@@ -124,6 +131,8 @@ impl XxdbxProvider {
             search_type = "channels";
         } else if self.stars.read().unwrap().iter().map(|s|s.to_ascii_lowercase()).collect::<Vec<String>>().contains(&search_string.to_ascii_lowercase()) {
             search_type = "stars";
+        } else if is_valid_date(&search_string){
+            search_type = "dates";
         }
 
         let video_url = format!(