diff --git a/src/dateinput/dateinput.js b/src/dateinput/dateinput.js
index c8a1e07..036268a 100644
--- a/src/dateinput/dateinput.js
+++ b/src/dateinput/dateinput.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 		
 		conf: { 
 			format: 'mm/dd/yy',
+			formatfn: null,
 			selectors: false,
 			yearRange: [-5, 5],
 			lang: 'en',
@@ -284,7 +285,8 @@
 			if (e.isDefaultPrevented()) { return; }
 			
 			// formatting			
-			input.val(format(date, conf.format, conf.lang));
+			var formatFn = conf.formatfn || format;
+			input.val(formatFn(date, conf.format, conf.lang));
 			
 			// store value into input
 			input.data("date", date);
diff --git a/src/validator/validator.js b/src/validator/validator.js
index 7bb6a4c..75c46e7 100644
--- a/src/validator/validator.js
+++ b/src/validator/validator.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		
 		// http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/8-regular-expressions-you-should-know/
 		emailRe = /^([a-z0-9_\.\-\+]+)@([\da-z\.\-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})$/i,
-		urlRe = /^(https?:\/\/)?[\da-z\.\-]+\.[a-z\.]{2,6}[#&+_\?\/\w \.\-=]*$/i,
+		urlRe = /^(https?:\/\/)[\da-z\.\-]+\.[a-z\.]{2,6}[#&+_\?\/\w \.\-=]*$/i,
 		v;
 		 
 	v = $.tools.validator = {