From 9def3ca79697a21c56bc24be9f0e4a35110c9d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jose Lorenzo Rodriguez <jose.zap@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 10:48:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Forcing ymd pattern in validation when an array is passed

---
 src/Validation/Validation.php                | 10 ++++++++--
 tests/TestCase/Validation/ValidationTest.php |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Validation/Validation.php b/src/Validation/Validation.php
index 79e60d4d5f4..564e02a2494 100644
--- a/src/Validation/Validation.php
+++ b/src/Validation/Validation.php
@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@ public static function date($check, $format = 'ymd', $regex = null)
             return true;
         }
 
-        $check = is_array($check) ? static::_getDateString($check) : $check;
+        if (is_array($check)) {
+            $check = static::_getDateString($check);
+            $format = 'ymd';
+        }
 
         if ($regex !== null) {
             return static::_check($check, $regex);
@@ -371,7 +374,10 @@ public static function datetime($check, $dateFormat = 'ymd', $regex = null)
             return true;
         }
         $valid = false;
-        $check = is_array($check) ? static::_getDateString($check) : $check;
+        if (is_array($check)) {
+            $check = static::_getDateString($check);
+            $dateFormat = 'ymd';
+        }
         $parts = explode(' ', $check);
         if (!empty($parts) && count($parts) > 1) {
             $time = array_pop($parts);
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Validation/ValidationTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Validation/ValidationTest.php
index 8897d6e00e2..98924bb5524 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Validation/ValidationTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Validation/ValidationTest.php
@@ -1493,6 +1493,9 @@ public function testDateArray()
         $this->assertTrue(Validation::date($date));
         $date = ['year' => 'farts', 'month' => 'derp', 'day' => 'farts'];
         $this->assertFalse(Validation::date($date));
+
+        $date = ['year' => 2014, 'month' => 2, 'day' => 14];
+        $this->assertTrue(Validation::date($date, 'mdy'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1511,6 +1514,7 @@ public function testDateTimeArray()
             'meridian' => 'am'
         ];
         $this->assertTrue(Validation::datetime($date));
+        $this->assertTrue(Validation::datetime($date, 'mdy'));
 
         $date = [
             'year' => '2014', 'month' => '02', 'day' => '14',