diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index ba577852c5..06b72db7cc 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #7409: Allow `yii\filters\auth\CompositeAuth::authMethods` to take authentication objects (fernandezekiel, qiangxue)
 - Enh #7443: Allow specification of the `$key` as an array at `yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::getValue()` (Alex-Code)
 - Enh #7488: Added `StringHelper::explode` to perform explode with trimming and skipping of empty elements (SilverFire, nineinchnick, creocoder, samdark)
+- Enh #7514: Added min/max validation to DateValidator (nkovacs)
 - Enh #7515: Added support to use `indexBy()` together with `column()` in query builder (qiangxue)
 - Enh #7530: Improved default values for `yii\data\Sort` link labels in a `ListView` when used with an `ActiveDataProvider` (cebe)
 - Enh #7539: `yii\console\controllers\AssetController` provides dependency trace in case bundle circular dependency detected (klimov-paul)
diff --git a/framework/validators/DateValidator.php b/framework/validators/DateValidator.php
index 0c5c223fc1..2b9d16bd53 100644
--- a/framework/validators/DateValidator.php
+++ b/framework/validators/DateValidator.php
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 namespace yii\validators;
 
-use DateTimeInterface;
+use DateTime;
 use IntlDateFormatter;
 use Yii;
-use DateTime;
 use yii\base\Exception;
+use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
 use yii\helpers\FormatConverter;
 
 /**
@@ -90,6 +90,44 @@ class DateValidator extends Validator
      * @since 2.0.4
      */
     public $timestampAttributeTimeZone = 'UTC';
+    /**
+     * @var integer|string upper limit of the date. Defaults to null, meaning no upper limit.
+     * This can be a unix timestamp or a string representing a date time value.
+     * If this property is a string, [[format]] will be used to parse it.
+     * @see tooBig for the customized message used when the date is too big.
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $max;
+    /**
+     * @var integer|string lower limit of the date. Defaults to null, meaning no lower limit.
+     * This can be a unix timestamp or a string representing a date time value.
+     * If this property is a string, [[format]] will be used to parse it.
+     * @see tooSmall for the customized message used when the date is too small.
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $min;
+    /**
+     * @var string user-defined error message used when the value is bigger than [[max]].
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $tooBig;
+    /**
+     * @var string user-defined error message used when the value is smaller than [[min]].
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $tooSmall;
+    /**
+     * @var string user friendly value of upper limit to display in the error message.
+     * If this property is null, the value of [[max]] will be used (before parsing).
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $maxString;
+    /**
+     * @var string user friendly value of lower limit to display in the error message.
+     * If this property is null, the value of [[min]] will be used (before parsing).
+     * @since 2.0.4
+     */
+    public $minString;
 
     /**
      * @var array map of short format names to IntlDateFormatter constant values.
@@ -120,6 +158,32 @@ class DateValidator extends Validator
         if ($this->timeZone === null) {
             $this->timeZone = Yii::$app->timeZone;
         }
+        if ($this->min !== null && $this->tooSmall === null) {
+            $this->tooSmall = Yii::t('yii', '{attribute} must be no less than {min}.');
+        }
+        if ($this->max !== null && $this->tooBig === null) {
+            $this->tooBig = Yii::t('yii', '{attribute} must be no greater than {max}.');
+        }
+        if ($this->maxString === null) {
+            $this->maxString = (string)$this->max;
+        }
+        if ($this->minString === null) {
+            $this->minString = (string)$this->min;
+        }
+        if ($this->max !== null && is_string($this->max)) {
+            $timestamp = $this->parseDateValue($this->max);
+            if ($timestamp === false) {
+                throw new InvalidConfigException("Invalid max date value: {$this->max}");
+            }
+            $this->max = $timestamp;
+        }
+        if ($this->min !== null && is_string($this->min)) {
+            $timestamp = $this->parseDateValue($this->min);
+            if ($timestamp === false) {
+                throw new InvalidConfigException("Invalid min date value: {$this->min}");
+            }
+            $this->min = $timestamp;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -131,6 +195,10 @@ class DateValidator extends Validator
         $timestamp = $this->parseDateValue($value);
         if ($timestamp === false) {
             $this->addError($model, $attribute, $this->message, []);
+        } elseif ($this->min !== null && $timestamp < $this->min) {
+            $this->addError($model, $attribute, $this->tooSmall, ['min' => $this->minString]);
+        } elseif ($this->max !== null && $timestamp > $this->max) {
+            $this->addError($model, $attribute, $this->tooBig, ['max' => $this->maxString]);
         } elseif ($this->timestampAttribute !== null) {
             if ($this->timestampAttributeFormat === null) {
                 $model->{$this->timestampAttribute} = $timestamp;
@@ -145,14 +213,23 @@ class DateValidator extends Validator
      */
     protected function validateValue($value)
     {
-        return $this->parseDateValue($value) === false ? [$this->message, []] : null;
+        $timestamp = $this->parseDateValue($value);
+        if ($timestamp === false) {
+            return [$this->message, []];
+        } elseif ($this->min !== null && $timestamp < $this->min) {
+            return [$this->tooSmall, ['min' => $this->minString]];
+        } elseif ($this->max !== null && $timestamp > $this->max) {
+            return [$this->tooBig, ['max' => $this->maxString]];
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Parses date string into UNIX timestamp
      *
      * @param string $value string representing date
-     * @return integer|boolean a UNIX timestamp or `false` on failure.
+     * @return integer|false a UNIX timestamp or `false` on failure.
      */
     protected function parseDateValue($value)
     {
diff --git a/tests/framework/validators/DateValidatorTest.php b/tests/framework/validators/DateValidatorTest.php
index 0a657cc772..213435f31e 100644
--- a/tests/framework/validators/DateValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/validators/DateValidatorTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use yii\validators\DateValidator;
 use yiiunit\data\validators\models\FakedValidationModel;
 use yiiunit\framework\i18n\IntlTestHelper;
 use yiiunit\TestCase;
+use IntlDateFormatter;
 
 /**
  * @group validators
@@ -409,4 +410,113 @@ class DateValidatorTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($model->hasErrors('attr_timestamp'));
         $this->assertSame('2013-09-13 10:23:15', $model->attr_timestamp);
     }
+
+    public function testIntlValidateRange()
+    {
+        $this->testValidateValueRange();
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateValueRange()
+    {
+        $date = '14-09-13';
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd']);
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate($date), "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01']);
+        $date = "1958-01-12";
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate($date), "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'max' => '2000-01-01']);
+        $date = '2014-09-13';
+        $this->assertFalse($val->validate($date), "$date is too big");
+        $date = "1958-01-12";
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate($date), "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01', 'max' => '2000-01-01']);
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate('1999-12-31'), "max -1 day is valid");
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate('2000-01-01'), "max is inside range");
+        $this->assertTrue($val->validate('1900-01-01'), "min is inside range");
+        $this->assertFalse($val->validate('1899-12-31'), "min -1 day is invalid");
+        $this->assertFalse($val->validate('2000-01-02'), "max +1 day is invalid");
+    }
+
+    private function validateModelAttribute($validator, $date, $expected, $message = '')
+    {
+        $model = new FakedValidationModel;
+        $model->attr_date = $date;
+        $validator->validateAttribute($model, 'attr_date');
+        if (!$expected) {
+            $this->assertTrue($model->hasErrors('attr_date'), $message);
+        } else {
+            $this->assertFalse($model->hasErrors('attr_date'), $message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testIntlValidateAttributeRange() {
+        $this->testValidateAttributeRange();
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateAttributeRange()
+    {
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd']);
+        $date = '14-09-13';
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, $date, true, "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01']);
+        $date = '1958-01-12';
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, $date, true, "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'max' => '2000-01-01']);
+        $date = '2014-09-13';
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, $date, false, "$date is too big");
+        $date = '1958-01-12';
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, $date, true, "$date is valid");
+
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01', 'max' => '2000-01-01']);
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, '1999-12-31', true, "max -1 day is valid");
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, '2000-01-01', true, "max is inside range");
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, '1900-01-01', true, "min is inside range");
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, '1899-12-31', false, "min -1 day is invalid");
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, '2000-01-02', false, "max +1 day is invalid");
+    }
+
+    public function testIntlValidateValueRangeOld()
+    {
+        if ($this->checkOldIcuBug()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped("ICU is too old.");
+        }
+        $date = '14-09-13';
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01']);
+        $this->assertFalse($val->validate($date), "$date is too small");
+    }
+
+    public function testIntlValidateAttributeRangeOld()
+    {
+        if ($this->checkOldIcuBug()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped("ICU is too old.");
+        }
+        $date = '14-09-13';
+        $val = new DateValidator(['format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'min' => '1900-01-01']);
+        $this->validateModelAttribute($val, $date, false, "$date is too small");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * returns true if the version of ICU is old and has a bug that makes it
+     * impossible to parse two digit years properly.
+     * see http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/9836
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    private function checkOldIcuBug()
+    {
+        $date = '14';
+        $formatter = new IntlDateFormatter('en-US', IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, null, null, 'yyyy');
+        $parsePos = 0;
+        $parsedDate = @$formatter->parse($date, $parsePos);
+
+        if (is_int($parsedDate) && $parsedDate > 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }