Date

PHP

<?php

$tea_content = array(
    array(
        'type' => 'date',
        'title' => 'Once uppon a time...',
        'id' => 'my_date_field_id',
        'description' => 'A white rabbit was running...',
        'format' => 'dd.mm.yyyy', //optional, "yyyy/mm/dd" by default
        'default' => '24.04.2012',
        'submit' => 'yyyy.mm.dd', //format stored in DB
    ),
);

Retrieve data

Using the _get_option('my_date_field_id') method, you'll get (with a json_encode() display):

JSON

"2014.04.24"