diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/ValidationTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/ValidationTest.php
index 09856dbee41..0d73c9694a0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/ValidationTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/ValidationTest.php
@@ -1411,6 +1411,16 @@ public function testDateMyNumeric() {
 		$this->assertFalse(Validation::date('12 06', array('my')));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test validating dates with multiple formats
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testDateMultiple() {
+		$this->assertTrue(Validation::date('2011-12-31', array('ymd', 'dmy')));
+		$this->assertTrue(Validation::date('31-12-2011', array('ymd', 'dmy')));
+	}
+
 /**
  * testTime method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
index 5b8bbab428d..26dea7bc341 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
@@ -306,9 +306,7 @@ public static function date($check, $format = 'ymd', $regex = null) {
 
 		$format = (is_array($format)) ? array_values($format) : array($format);
 		foreach ($format as $key) {
-			$regex = $regex[$key];
-
-			if (self::_check($check, $regex) === true) {
+			if (self::_check($check, $regex[$key]) === true) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}