Validate with Zend_Validate_Date on a time string

Question

Hey all I'm trying to validate a 'time' field using Zend Framework.

The docs seem to be pointing out that the following:

$tstarttime =  $form->createElement('text','t_start_time');
$tstarttime->setRequired(true)
    ->setLabel('Start Time')
    ->addValidator(new Zend_Validate_Date('H:i'));

I've tried this but no luck. Any ideas or alternative ways to validate a time in the format of HH:MM (H:i in php)

Thanks all!

this does not work! it doesn't validate the time if i provide 55:55 — remedix, Jul 19 '10 at 15:02
Did you set a timezone? `date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');` — Jake N, Sep 03 '10 at 07:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '10 at 07:37

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Try this

 $tstarttime =  $form->createElement('text','t_start_time');
 $tstarttime->setRequired(true)
      ->setLabel('Start Time')
      ->addValidator(new Zend_Validate_Date(array("format" => 'H:i')));

answered Sep 03 '10 at 07:37

Jake N

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '11 at 15:14

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55:55 is not a valid time if it is supposed to be in hours:minutes and not minutes:seconds. there are only 24 hours in one day. apart from that, your example should work.

answered Dec 09 '11 at 15:14

cycore

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 11:57

I think you can validate with Regex (ZF2) .

public static function isValidTime($time){
    $validator = new \Zend\Validator\Regex ( '/^([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$/' );
    return $validator->isValid ( $time );
}

Regexp Expression: http://www.mkyong.com/regular-expressions/how-to-validate-time-in-24-hours-format-with-regular-expression/

Validate with Zend_Validate_Date on a time string

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