date

• Module: mod_base

New in version 0.8.

Validate input date against a given date format.

A quick guide to validating a date in Zotonic:

<input type="text" id="my_date" name="my_date" value="" />
{% validate id="my_date" type={date separator="\" format="b"} %}

This code validates when the user enters a date in the following format:

yyyy\mm\dd

Arguments:

Argument	Description	Example
separator	Character used to separate date parts, such as / - . Defaults to “-”.	separator=”-“
format	Date format, big endian (starting with year), little endian (starting with day) or middle endian (starting with month). Defaults to “l” (little).	format=”m”