OK, thank you for the information! On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:17 AM, AD7six <andydawso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Oct 20, 12:56 am, cricket <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:02 AM, psybear83 <psybea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi everybody >> >> > Is there a reason why CakePHP doesn't recognize dates before >> > 1600-01-01? I get a validation error when submitting a date before >> > that (e.g. 1599-31-12 or 1300-11-05). >> >> Use the source, Luke.http://api.cakephp.org/view_source/validation/#line-389 >> >> --snip-- >> $regex['ymd'] = >> '%^(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(?:(?: >> 16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00)))(\\/|-|\\.|\\x20)(?:0?2\\1(?:29)))|(?:(?:(?: >> 1[6-9]|[2-9]\\d)?\\d{2})(\\/|-|\\.|\\x20)(?:(?:(?:0?[13578]|1[02])\\2(?:31) >> )|(?:(?:0?[1,3-9]|1[0-2])\\2(29|30))|(?:(?:0?[1-9])|(?:1[0-2]))\\2(?:0?[1-9 >> ]|1\\d|2[0-8]))))$%'; >> --snip-- >> >> Note the "1[6-9]|[2-9]". I believe that's saying, "(1 AND 6-9) OR (1 >> AND 2-9), which wouldn't be desirable. > > You're misreading that bit of the regex, the OR applies to the group > > i.e. > 1[6-9] or [2-9]\d > or in other words: > 16-19 or 20 - 99 > > But the answers' pretty simple, if the validation doesn't suit your > needs - just use a different regex. The one in the core is quite > complex to cope with lots of possibilities, just look at the test > case: > http://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/master/cake/tests/cases/libs/validation.test.php#L1037 > > If you /really/ need dates in the far past, or simply anything that > mysql will accept just use \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} - in it's simplest form > (iirc, mysql accepts almost anything in this format as a date - since > it's stored as a string). > > hth, > > AD > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en >
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