DateTime¶

Validates that a value is a valid “datetime”, meaning either a DateTime object or a string (or an object that can be cast into a string) that follows a valid YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.

Applies to	property or method
Options	message
Class	`DateTime`
Validator	`DateTimeValidator`

Basic Usage¶

YAML

# src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
    properties:
        createdAt:
            - DateTime: ~

Annotations

// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Assert\DateTime()
     */
     protected $createdAt;
}

XML

<!-- src/Acme/UserBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
        <property name="createdAt">
            <constraint name="DateTime" />
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>

PHP

// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('createdAt', new Assert\DateTime());
    }
}

Options¶

message¶

type: string default: This value is not a valid datetime.

This message is shown if the underlying data is not a valid datetime.