Below code can be used to validate a UUID format or a transaction number format in ColdFusion <cfset test=ReMatchNoCase('[a-z0-9{8}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{12}',value) />
below isvalid code can be used for validating date with dd/mm/yyyy format <cfoutput>#isvalid("regex"," 02/28/2015","^(0[1-9]|[12][0- 9]|3[01])[- /.](0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](19|20)\d\d$")#</cfoutput>