How to set default date in sfWidgetFormDate?

[relaximadoctor]

How do you set the default date (or default date time) for an sfFormWidgetDate/sfFormWidgetDatetime? I feel like the answer to this question must be obvious, but I cannot figure it out. This is in Symfony 1.1.

I have read:
The forms chapter (10) of the Symfony book
Chapters 1-4 of the separate forms book

I have also looked at:
The API of sfWidgetFormDate and it's parents
The API of sfFormField/sfFormFieldSchema

Things I have tried:
sfWidgetFormDate::setAttribute('value', date);
sfWidgetFormDate::setOption('value', date); //clearly wrong, but whatever
sfForm::setDefault('date_field', date);
I have used both timestamps, arrays, and dates for the date value.

Also, if the solution to this is in the docs, mind pointing it out and how you found it?

[montes]

same problem here, impossible to set default date (no problem with other widgets)

PS: symfony 1.1.4

[montes]

solved!!

CTRL+R is a bad idea to test forms...

[relaximadoctor]

...so the solution was?

[montes]

I think it was more a mistake reloading the page than other type of error.

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   //Year range to show in birthday field
   $years = range(1910, 1990);
    $this->campo = $this->form['birthday']->getWidget();
    $this->campo->setOption('years' , array_combine($years, $years));
   
    //We fill the form fields with actual data
    $this->form->setDefaults(array(
       'first_name' => $this->getUser()->getProfile()->getFirstName(),
       'last_name' => $this->getUser()->getProfile()->getLastName(),
       'birthday' => $this->getUser()->getProfile()->getBirthday(),
       'email' => $this->getUser()->getProfile()->getEmail(),       
    ));


[jacksprat]

For a sfWidgetFormDate, you can set defaults as follows:


To set it to today's date:

$this->setDefault('start_date', date('Y/m/d'));

To set it to any date as year/month/day:

$this->setDefault('start_date', '2009/10/5');