A Date picker to be used. http://panitzco.com/Mike/tech/jquery/using-jquery-based-datetime-picker-controls-in-cakephp/
Great code picker, but only usable for non commercial uses.
When I asked in irc for some resources to learn from savant sent me here. (http://irc.cakephp.org/logs/link/1584088#message1584098)
From there I pulled the following:
http://mark-story.com/ – lead developer for cakephp
First there’s the ebook. Great book and only 66 pages long. It gets right to the heart of what might need to be done or seen from a practical aspect.
Then there’s the documentation. I haven’t read it yet, but ‘savant’ (the guy that never sleeps).
Cakephp official documentation.