Hi,
for my current project i want to save dates which are older than 1901(don’t ask why 
,e.g in german format: 12.05.1756).
The database field format is datetime (mysql).
The problem is that i can’t save my formular when the date is older than 1901.
On php.net(search for strtotime, its my first post i cant post the link) i found following note which i think is the problem:
I have following rule in the model defined:
array('beginn, ende', 'type', 'type' => 'date', 'message' => '{attribute}: Wrong format', 'dateFormat' => 'dd.MM.yyyy'),
Even when i delete the rule it is not working.
Do i have to convert the date with format ‘dd.MM.yyyy’ to the datetime-format(yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss) by myself without strtotime and write it as string to database?
Is there an other workaround?
Thanks for your help!