localizedTime()

Date and/or time string validation that uses `I18n::Time` to parse the date. This means parsing is locale dependent.

src/Validation/Validation.php

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 namespace Cake\Validation;
 
+use Cake\I18n\Time;
 use Cake\Utility\Text;
 use DateTime;
 use LogicException;
@@ -456,6 +457,33 @@ public static function time($check)
         return static::_check($check, '%^((0?[1-9]|1[012])(:[0-5]\d){0,2} ?([AP]M|[ap]m))$|^([01]\d|2[0-3])(:[0-5]\d){0,2}$%');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Date and/or time string validation.
+     * Uses `I18n::Time` to parse the date. This means parsing is locale dependent.
+     *
+     * @param string|\DateTime $check a date string or object (will always pass)
+     * @param string $type Parser type, one out of 'date', 'time', and 'datetime'
+     * @param string|int $format any format accepted by IntlDateFormatter
+     * @return bool Success
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException when unsupported $type given
+     * @see \Cake\I18N\Time::parseDate(), \Cake\I18N\Time::parseTime(), \Cake\I18N\Time::parseDateTime()
+     */
+    public static function localizedTime($check, $type = 'datetime', $format = null)
+    {
+        if ($check instanceof DateTime) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        static $methods = [
+            'date' => 'parseDate',
+            'time' => 'parseTime',
+            'datetime' => 'parseDateTime',
+        ];
+        if (empty($methods[$type])) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unsupported parser type given.');
+        }
+        return (!is_null(Time::{$methods[$type]}($check, $format)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Boolean validation, determines if value passed is a boolean integer or true/false.
      *