diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
index add1080798026..245e7f27574b4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@ class Date extends Constraint
         self::INVALID_DATE_ERROR => 'INVALID_DATE_ERROR',
     ];
 
+    public string $format = 'Y-m-d';
     public string $message = 'This value is not a valid date.';
 
     /**
      * @param array<string,mixed>|null $options
      * @param string[]|null            $groups
      */
-    public function __construct(?array $options = null, ?string $message = null, ?array $groups = null, mixed $payload = null)
+    public function __construct(?array $options = null, ?string $message = null, ?array $groups = null, mixed $payload = null, ?string $format = null)
     {
         parent::__construct($options, $groups, $payload);
 
         $this->message = $message ?? $this->message;
+        $this->format = $format ?? $this->format;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
index f71c5b376a3d3..068f8b2529781 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ class DateValidator extends ConstraintValidator
 {
     public const PATTERN = '/^(?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{2})-(?<day>\d{2})$/D';
 
-    /**
-     * Checks whether a date is valid.
-     *
-     * @internal
-     */
-    public static function checkDate(int $year, int $month, int $day): bool
-    {
-        return checkdate($month, $day, $year);
-    }
-
     public function validate(mixed $value, Constraint $constraint): void
     {
         if (!$constraint instanceof Date) {
@@ -49,20 +39,14 @@ public function validate(mixed $value, Constraint $constraint): void
 
         $value = (string) $value;
 
-        if (!preg_match(static::PATTERN, $value, $matches)) {
+        $asDateTimeImmutable = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat($constraint->format, $value);
+
+        if (!$asDateTimeImmutable) {
             $this->context->buildViolation($constraint->message)
                 ->setParameter('{{ value }}', $this->formatValue($value))
                 ->setCode(Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR)
                 ->addViolation();
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!self::checkDate(
-            $matches['year'] ?? $matches[1],
-            $matches['month'] ?? $matches[2],
-            $matches['day'] ?? $matches[3]
-        )) {
+        } elseif ($asDateTimeImmutable->format($constraint->format) !== $value) {
             $this->context->buildViolation($constraint->message)
                 ->setParameter('{{ value }}', $this->formatValue($value))
                 ->setCode(Date::INVALID_DATE_ERROR)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
index 93dab41f24622..499f73a2ef463 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
@@ -115,4 +115,58 @@ public static function getInvalidDates()
             ['2010-02-29', Date::INVALID_DATE_ERROR],
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getNotMatchingDatesAndFormats
+     */
+    public function testInvalidFormats($date, $format, $code)
+    {
+        $constraint = new Date(message: 'myMessage', format: $format);
+
+        $this->validator->validate($date, $constraint);
+
+        $this->buildViolation('myMessage')
+            ->setParameter('{{ value }}', '"'.$date.'"')
+            ->setCode($code)
+            ->assertRaised();
+    }
+
+    public static function getNotMatchingDatesAndFormats(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ['2010-03-24', 'm-m-Y', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+            ['2010-02-29', 'foo', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+            ['bob', 'Y-m-d', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+            ['01.05.2030', 'd.m/Y', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+            ['01.05.2030', 'd/m-Y', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+            ['01.05.2030', 'd/m.Y', Date::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getMatchingDatesAndFormats
+     */
+    public function testValidFormats($date, $format)
+    {
+        $this->validator->validate($date, new Date(format: $format));
+
+        $this->assertNoViolation();
+    }
+
+    public static function getMatchingDatesAndFormats(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ['2010-01-01', 'Y-m-d'],
+            ['12-12-1955', 'm-d-Y'],
+            ['31-05-2030', 'd-m-Y'],
+            ['2010/01/01', 'Y/m/d'],
+            ['12/12/1955', 'm/d/Y'],
+            ['31/05/2030', 'd/m/Y'],
+            ['2010.01.01', 'Y.m.d'],
+            ['12.11.2010', 'm.d.Y'],
+            ['01.05.2030', 'd.m.Y'],
+            ['01.05/2030', 'd.m/Y'],
+            ['December 31, 1999', 'F d, Y'],
+        ];
+    }
 }

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