date

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"

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