diff --git a/application/classes/Ushahidi/Repository/Post.php b/application/classes/Ushahidi/Repository/Post.php
index 65e90ef06f..1f25ed7eab 100644
--- a/application/classes/Ushahidi/Repository/Post.php
+++ b/application/classes/Ushahidi/Repository/Post.php
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public function getSearchFields()
 			'parent', 'form', 'set', 'q', /* LIKE title, content */
 			'created_before', 'created_after',
 			'updated_before', 'updated_after',
+			'date_before', 'date_after',
 			'bbox', 'tags', 'values', 'current_stage',
 			'center_point', 'within_km',
 			'published_to',
@@ -305,6 +306,22 @@ protected function setSearchConditions(SearchData $search)
 			$query->where("$table.updated", '<=', $updated_before);
 		}
 
+		if ($search->date_after)
+		{
+			$date_after = date_create($search->date_after, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+			// Convert to UTC (needed in case date came with a tz)
+			$date_after->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+			$query->where("$table.post_date", '>=', $date_after->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
+		}
+
+		if ($search->date_before)
+		{
+			$date_before = date_create($search->date_before, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+			// Convert to UTC (needed in case date came with a tz)
+			$date_before->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+			$query->where("$table.post_date", '<=', $date_before->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
+		}
+
 		// Bounding box search
 		// Create geometry from bbox (or create bbox from center & radius)
 		$bounding_box = null;
@@ -917,7 +934,7 @@ protected function updatePostTags($post_id, $tags)
 				->where('post_id', '=', $post_id)
 				->execute($this->db);
 		}
-		else 
+		else
 		{
 			// Load existing tags
 			$existing = $this->getTagsForPost($post_id);
diff --git a/application/classes/Ushahidi/Validator/Media/Update.php b/application/classes/Ushahidi/Validator/Media/Update.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16ae8a846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/classes/Ushahidi/Validator/Media/Update.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+ <?php defined('SYSPATH') OR die('No direct access allowed.');
+
+/**
+ * Ushahidi Media Validator
+ *
+ * @author     Ushahidi Team <team@ushahidi.com>
+ * @package    Ushahidi\Application
+ * @copyright  2014 Ushahidi
+ * @license    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPL3)
+ */
+
+use Ushahidi\Core\Entity;
+use Ushahidi\Core\Tool\Validator;
+
+class Ushahidi_Validator_Media_Update extends Ushahidi_Validator_Media_Create
+{
+	protected function getRules()
+	{
+		return [
+			'user_id' => [
+				['digit'],
+			],
+			'caption' => [
+				// alphas, numbers, punctuation, and spaces
+				['regex', [':value', '/^[\pL\pN\pP ]++$/uD']],
+			]
+		];
+	}
+}