Hi, I'm sure I'm not the only person who has encountered this, but I've been trying to get validate dates input on a form with little success.

It seems it is OK if you use a US date format, but I need to use a UK date format: "dd/mm/YYYY" instead of "mm/dd/YYYY".

Take the following validation rules:

'commencement_date' => 'required|date|date_format:"d/m/Y"|before:"now"',
'encashment_date' => 'required|date|date_format:"d/m/Y"|before:"now +1 day"'

The 'date' parameter overrides everything, probably because it is being passed to the PHP checkdate function. So, a valid UK date like "13/05/2001" (13 May) will fail. However, if I change the lines to:

'commencement_date' => 'required|date_format:"d/m/Y"|before:"now"',
'encashment_date' => 'required|date_format:"d/m/Y"|before:"now +1 day"'

This will accept any valid UK date, but the "before" parameter does not seem to work, even if I enter a date ten years in the future.

I can't see any way to achieve this without having to construct some custom validation rules.

Any ideas.

Thanks Neil.