diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
index f9923052e0cf1..ddb198d6d6031 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Date.php
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@
 class Date extends Constraint
 {
     public $message = 'This value is not a valid date.';
+    public $after;
+    public $before;
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTime.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTime.php
index 0618bc9b99923..f1d88eaa7658f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTime.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTime.php
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@
 class DateTime extends Constraint
 {
     public $message = 'This value is not a valid datetime.';
+    public $after;
+    public $before;
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
index 49e04b94f2bd8..3e42cf2070005 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
  */
 class DateTimeValidator extends DateValidator
 {
+    const FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
     const PATTERN = '/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):([0-5][0-9]):([0-5][0-9])$/';
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
index f891f9d621a9b..365d44cfa5fb5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 class DateValidator extends ConstraintValidator
 {
+    const FORMAT = 'Y-m-d';
     const PATTERN = '/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/';
 
     /**
@@ -29,18 +30,38 @@ class DateValidator extends ConstraintValidator
      */
     public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
     {
-        if (null === $value || '' === $value || $value instanceof \DateTime) {
+        if (null === $value || '' === $value) {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!is_scalar($value) && !(is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+        if (!$value instanceof \DateTime) {
+            if (!is_scalar($value) && !(is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
+                throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            }
+
+            $value = (string) $value;
+
+            if (!preg_match(static::PATTERN, $value, $matches) || !checkdate($matches[2], $matches[3], $matches[1])) {
+                $this->context->addViolation($constraint->message, array('{{ value }}' => $value));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!$constraint->before && !$constraint->after) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($value instanceof \DateTime) {
+            $timestamp = $value->getTimestamp();
+        } else {
+            $timestamp = strtotime($value);
         }
 
-        $value = (string) $value;
+        if ($constraint->before && $timestamp > strtotime($constraint->before)) {
+            $this->context->addViolation($constraint->message, array('{{ value }}' => date(static::FORMAT, $timestamp)));
+        }
 
-        if (!preg_match(static::PATTERN, $value, $matches) || !checkdate($matches[2], $matches[3], $matches[1])) {
-            $this->context->addViolation($constraint->message, array('{{ value }}' => $value));
+        if ($constraint->after && $timestamp < strtotime($constraint->after)) {
+            $this->context->addViolation($constraint->message, array('{{ value }}' => date(static::FORMAT, $timestamp)));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
index 0776848fdbd47..4d3d8191184c6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
@@ -117,4 +117,33 @@ public function getInvalidDateTimes()
             array('2010-01-01 00:00:60'),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getBeforeAndAfter
+     */
+    public function testBeforeAndAfter($date, $before, $after, $valid)
+    {
+        $this->context->expects($valid ? $this->never() : $this->once())
+            ->method('addViolation');
+
+        $this->validator->validate($date, new DateTime(array(
+            'before' => $before,
+            'after' => $after,
+        )));
+    }
+
+    public function getBeforeAndAfter()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('2010-01-02 15:00:33', '2010-01-02 16:30:00', '2010-01-01', true),
+            array('2008-01-02 12:00:00', '2012-02-02', '2010-01-01', false),
+            array('2010-01-02 00:00:00', '2012-02-02', null, true),
+            array('2013-01-02 01:02:03', '2012-02-02', null, false),
+            array('2010-01-02 10:10:10', null, '2012-02-02', false),
+            array('2013-01-02 15:12:00', null, '2012-02-02', true),
+            array(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('+1 day')), null, 'now', true),
+            array(new \DateTime('-1 hour'), 'now', null, true),
+            array(new \DateTime('-5 minutes'), 'now', '-3 minutes', false),
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
index b9cf8816b76a5..43438464d25b3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
@@ -113,4 +113,33 @@ public function getInvalidDates()
             array('2010-02-29'),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getBeforeAndAfter
+     */
+    public function testBeforeAndAfter($date, $before, $after, $valid)
+    {
+        $this->context->expects($valid ? $this->never() : $this->once())
+            ->method('addViolation');
+
+        $this->validator->validate($date, new Date(array(
+            'before' => $before,
+            'after' => $after,
+        )));
+    }
+
+    public function getBeforeAndAfter()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('2010-01-02', '2012-02-02', '2010-01-01', true),
+            array('2008-01-02', '2012-02-02', '2010-01-01', false),
+            array('2010-01-02', '2012-02-02', null, true),
+            array('2013-01-02', '2012-02-02', null, false),
+            array('2010-01-02', null, '2012-02-02', false),
+            array('2013-01-02', null, '2012-02-02', true),
+            array(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 day')), null, 'now', true),
+            array(new \DateTime('-1 day'), 'now', null, true),
+            array(new \DateTime('-5 days'), 'now', '-3 days', false),
+        );
+    }
 }