Yii Framework 2.0 Rules Date Validator

Question

I am using Yii Framework 2.0. I have a form with a text input field which is meant for a date. I have read the Yii Framework 2.0 about the Class yii\\validators\\Validat

Answer 1

Boy the Yii docs suck. They don't even give an example. Working from O'Connor's answer, this worked for me since I was assigning the value in 2015-09-11 format.

// Rule
[['event_date'], 'date', 'format' => 'php:Y-m-d']
// Assignment
$agkn->event_date = date('Y-m-d');

The docs don't even specify where format or timestampAttribute came from, or how to use them. It doesn't even say what the heck from_date and to_date are. And most of all, no examples!