diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/due_date_select.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/due_date_select.js.es6
index fd7f961aab9..e84f5ac9183 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/due_date_select.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/due_date_select.js.es6
@@ -145,25 +145,19 @@
 
   class DueDateSelectors {
     constructor() {
-      this.initMilestoneDueDate();
+      this.initMilestoneDatePicker();
       this.initIssuableSelect();
     }
 
-    initMilestoneDueDate() {
-      const $datePicker = $('.datepicker');
+    initMilestoneDatePicker() {
+      $('.datepicker').datepicker({
+        dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'
+      });
 
-      if ($datePicker.length) {
-        const $dueDate = $('#milestone_due_date');
-        $datePicker.datepicker({
-          dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
-          onSelect: (dateText, inst) => {
-            $dueDate.val(dateText);
-          }
-        }).datepicker('setDate', $.datepicker.parseDate('yy-mm-dd', $dueDate.val()));
-      }
-      $('.js-clear-due-date').on('click', (e) => {
+      $('.js-clear-due-date,.js-clear-start-date').on('click', (e) => {
         e.preventDefault();
-        $.datepicker._clearDate($datePicker);
+        const datepicker = $(e.target).siblings('.datepicker');
+        $.datepicker._clearDate(datepicker);
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/issue_box.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/issue_box.scss
index ba3930e03bd..ff6f316d576 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/issue_box.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/issue_box.scss
@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@
   &.status-box-expired {
     background: #cea61b;
   }
+
+  &.status-box-upcoming {
+    background: #8f8f8f;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/groups/milestones_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups/milestones_controller.rb
index 506484932cc..24ec4eec3f2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups/milestones_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups/milestones_controller.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Groups::MilestonesController < Groups::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def milestone_params
-    params.require(:milestone).permit(:title, :description, :due_date, :state_event)
+    params.require(:milestone).permit(:title, :description, :start_date, :due_date, :state_event)
   end
 
   def milestone_path(title)
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/milestones_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/milestones_controller.rb
index ff63f22cb5b..be52b0fa7cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/milestones_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/milestones_controller.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,6 @@ class Projects::MilestonesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def milestone_params
-    params.require(:milestone).permit(:title, :description, :due_date, :state_event)
+    params.require(:milestone).permit(:title, :description, :start_date, :due_date, :state_event)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 1644c346dd8..a8a49e43b05 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ module IssuesHelper
       'status-box-merged'
     elsif item.closed?
       'status-box-closed'
+    elsif item.respond_to?(:upcoming?) && item.upcoming?
+      'status-box-upcoming'
     else
       'status-box-open'
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/milestones_helper.rb b/app/helpers/milestones_helper.rb
index 83a2a4ad3ec..729928ce1dd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/milestones_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/milestones_helper.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,30 @@ module MilestonesHelper
       days    = milestone.remaining_days
       content = content_tag(:strong, days)
       content << " #{'day'.pluralize(days)} remaining"
+    elsif milestone.upcoming?
+      content_tag(:strong, 'Upcoming')
+    elsif milestone.start_date && milestone.start_date.past?
+      days    = milestone.elapsed_days
+      content = content_tag(:strong, days)
+      content << " #{'day'.pluralize(days)} elapsed"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def milestone_date_range(milestone)
+    if milestone.start_date && milestone.due_date
+      "#{milestone.start_date.to_s(:medium)} - #{milestone.due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+    elsif milestone.due_date
+      if milestone.due_date.past?
+        "expired on #{milestone.due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      else
+        "expires on #{milestone.due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      end
+    elsif milestone.start_date
+      if milestone.start_date.past?
+        "started on #{milestone.start_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      else
+        "starts on #{milestone.start_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/milestoneish.rb b/app/models/concerns/milestoneish.rb
index 7bcc78247ba..e65fc9eaa09 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/milestoneish.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/milestoneish.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,31 @@ module Milestoneish
     (due_date - Date.today).to_i
   end
 
+  def elapsed_days
+    return 0 if !start_date || start_date.future?
+
+    (Date.today - start_date).to_i
+  end
+
   def issues_visible_to_user(user = nil)
     issues.visible_to_user(user)
   end
+
+  def upcoming?
+    start_date && start_date.future?
+  end
+
+  def expires_at
+    if due_date
+      if due_date.past?
+        "expired on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      else
+        "expires on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def expired?
+    due_date && due_date.past?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/global_milestone.rb b/app/models/global_milestone.rb
index cde4a568577..b01607dcda9 100644
--- a/app/models/global_milestone.rb
+++ b/app/models/global_milestone.rb
@@ -28,26 +28,16 @@ class GlobalMilestone
     @title.to_slug.normalize.to_s
   end
 
-  def expired?
-    if due_date
-      due_date.past?
-    else
-      false
-    end
-  end
-
   def projects
     @projects ||= Project.for_milestones(milestones.select(:id))
   end
 
   def state
-    state = milestones.map { |milestone| milestone.state }
-
-    if state.count('closed') == state.size
-      'closed'
-    else
-      'active'
+    milestones.each do |milestone|
+      return 'active' if milestone.state != 'closed'
     end
+
+    'closed'
   end
 
   def active?
@@ -81,18 +71,15 @@ class GlobalMilestone
     @due_date =
       if @milestones.all? { |x| x.due_date == @milestones.first.due_date }
         @milestones.first.due_date
-      else
-        nil
       end
   end
 
-  def expires_at
-    if due_date
-      if due_date.past?
-        "expired on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
-      else
-        "expires on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
+  def start_date
+    return @start_date if defined?(@start_date)
+
+    @start_date =
+      if @milestones.all? { |x| x.start_date == @milestones.first.start_date }
+        @milestones.first.start_date
       end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/milestone.rb b/app/models/milestone.rb
index 23aecbfa3a6..c774e69080c 100644
--- a/app/models/milestone.rb
+++ b/app/models/milestone.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Milestone < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates :title, presence: true, uniqueness: { scope: :project_id }
   validates :project, presence: true
+  validate :start_date_should_be_less_than_due_date, if: Proc.new { |m| m.start_date.present? && m.due_date.present? }
 
   strip_attributes :title
 
@@ -131,24 +132,6 @@ class Milestone < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.title
   end
 
-  def expired?
-    if due_date
-      due_date.past?
-    else
-      false
-    end
-  end
-
-  def expires_at
-    if due_date
-      if due_date.past?
-        "expired on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
-      else
-        "expires on #{due_date.to_s(:medium)}"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   def can_be_closed?
     active? && issues.opened.count.zero?
   end
@@ -212,4 +195,10 @@ class Milestone < ActiveRecord::Base
   def sanitize_title(value)
     CGI.unescape_html(Sanitize.clean(value.to_s))
   end
+
+  def start_date_should_be_less_than_due_date
+    if due_date <= start_date
+      errors.add(:start_date, "Can't be greater than due date")
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/groups/milestones/new.html.haml b/app/views/groups/milestones/new.html.haml
index 0dfaf743992..63cadfca530 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/milestones/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/milestones/new.html.haml
@@ -36,19 +36,8 @@
           = f.collection_select :project_ids, @group.projects.non_archived, :id, :name,
             { selected: @group.projects.non_archived.pluck(:id) }, required: true, multiple: true, class: 'select2'
 
-    .col-md-6
-      .form-group
-        = f.label :due_date, "Due Date", class: "control-label"
-        .col-sm-10
-          = f.text_field :due_date, class: "datepicker form-control", placeholder: "Select due date"
+    = render "shared/milestones/form_dates", f: f
 
   .form-actions
     = f.submit 'Create Milestone', class: "btn-create btn"
     = link_to "Cancel", group_milestones_path(@group), class: "btn btn-cancel"
-
-
-:javascript
-  $(".datepicker").datepicker({
-    dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd",
-    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) { $("#milestone_due_date").val(dateText) }
-  }).datepicker("setDate", $.datepicker.parseDate('yy-mm-dd', $('#milestone_due_date').val()));
diff --git a/app/views/projects/milestones/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/milestones/_form.html.haml
index cbf1ba04170..513710e8e66 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/milestones/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/milestones/_form.html.haml
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@
             = render 'projects/notes/hints'
           .clearfix
           .error-alert
-    .col-md-6
-      .form-group
-        = f.label :due_date, "Due Date", class: "control-label"
-        .col-sm-10
-          = f.text_field :due_date, class: "datepicker form-control", placeholder: "Select due date"
-          %a.inline.prepend-top-5.js-clear-due-date{ href: "#" } Clear due date
+    = render "shared/milestones/form_dates", f: f
 
   .form-actions
     - if @milestone.new_record?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/milestones/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/milestones/show.html.haml
index e01aca3dda6..c3a6096aa54 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/milestones/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/milestones/show.html.haml
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@
         Closed
       - elsif @milestone.expired?
         Past due
+      - elsif @milestone.upcoming?
+        Upcoming
       - else
         Open
     .header-text-content
       %span.identifier
         Milestone ##{@milestone.iid}
-      - if @milestone.expires_at
+      - if @milestone.due_date || @milestone.start_date
         %span.creator
           &middot;
-          = @milestone.expires_at
+        = milestone_date_range(@milestone)
     .milestone-buttons
       - if can?(current_user, :admin_milestone, @project)
         - if @milestone.active?
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_milestone_expired.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_milestone_expired.html.haml
index b8eef15fbec..5e9007aaaac 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_milestone_expired.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_milestone_expired.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 - if milestone.expired? and not milestone.closed?
   %span.cred (Expired)
-- if milestone.expires_at
+- if milestone.upcoming?
+  %span.clgray (Upcoming)
+- if milestone.due_date || milestone.start_date
   %span
-    = milestone.expires_at
+    = milestone_date_range(milestone)
diff --git a/app/views/shared/milestones/_form_dates.html.haml b/app/views/shared/milestones/_form_dates.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..748b10a1298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/shared/milestones/_form_dates.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.col-md-6
+  .form-group
+    = f.label :start_date, "Start Date", class: "control-label"
+    .col-sm-10
+      = f.text_field :start_date, class: "datepicker form-control", placeholder: "Select start date"
+      %a.inline.prepend-top-5.js-clear-start-date{ href: "#" } Clear start date
+.col-md-6
+  .form-group
+    = f.label :due_date, "Due Date", class: "control-label"
+    .col-sm-10
+      = f.text_field :due_date, class: "datepicker form-control", placeholder: "Select due date"
+      %a.inline.prepend-top-5.js-clear-due-date{ href: "#" } Clear due date
+
+:javascript
+  new gl.DueDateSelectors();
diff --git a/app/views/shared/milestones/_top.html.haml b/app/views/shared/milestones/_top.html.haml
index 548215243db..497446c1ef3 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/milestones/_top.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/milestones/_top.html.haml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
       Open
   %span.identifier
     Milestone #{milestone.title}
-  - if milestone.expires_at
+  - if milestone.due_date || milestone.start_date
     %span.creator
       &middot;
-      = milestone.expires_at
+      = milestone_date_range(milestone)
   - if group
     .pull-right
       - if can?(current_user, :admin_milestones, group)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/milestone_start_date.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/milestone_start_date.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39ac1344329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/milestone_start_date.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Add a starting date to milestones
+merge_request: 
+author: 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161115173905_add_start_date_to_milestones.rb b/db/migrate/20161115173905_add_start_date_to_milestones.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..413733b8db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161115173905_add_start_date_to_milestones.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# See http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/development/migration_style_guide.html
+# for more information on how to write migrations for GitLab.
+
+class AddStartDateToMilestones < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def change
+    add_column :milestones, :start_date, :date
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6b28e80f01d..b3c49b52597 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161118183841) do
     t.integer "iid"
     t.text "title_html"
     t.text "description_html"
+    t.date "start_date"
   end
 
   add_index "milestones", ["description"], name: "index_milestones_on_description_trigram", using: :gin, opclasses: {"description"=>"gin_trgm_ops"}
diff --git a/doc/api/milestones.md b/doc/api/milestones.md
index 28e4b3105a6..12497acff98 100644
--- a/doc/api/milestones.md
+++ b/doc/api/milestones.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Example Response:
     "title": "10.0",
     "description": "Version",
     "due_date": "2013-11-29",
+    "start_date": "2013-11-10",
     "state": "active",
     "updated_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z",
     "created_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z"
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `title` (required) - The title of an milestone
 - `description` (optional) - The description of the milestone
 - `due_date` (optional) - The due date of the milestone
+- `start_date` (optional) - The start date of the milestone
 
 ## Edit milestone
 
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `title` (optional) - The title of a milestone
 - `description` (optional) - The description of a milestone
 - `due_date` (optional) - The due date of the milestone
+- `start_date` (optional) - The start date of the milestone
 - `state_event` (optional) - The state event of the milestone (close|activate)
 
 ## Get all issues assigned to a single milestone
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 33cb6fd3704..7a724487e02 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ module API
 
     class Milestone < ProjectEntity
       expose :due_date
+      expose :start_date
     end
 
     class Issue < ProjectEntity
diff --git a/lib/api/milestones.rb b/lib/api/milestones.rb
index 29bf73934d2..50d6109be3d 100644
--- a/lib/api/milestones.rb
+++ b/lib/api/milestones.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module API
 
       params :optional_params do
         optional :description, type: String, desc: 'The description of the milestone'
-        optional :due_date, type: String, desc: 'The due date of the milestone'
+        optional :due_date, type: String, desc: 'The due date of the milestone. The ISO 8601 date format (%Y-%m-%d)'
+        optional :start_date, type: String, desc: 'The start date of the milestone. The ISO 8601 date format (%Y-%m-%d)'
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/features/milestone_spec.rb b/spec/features/milestone_spec.rb
index b8c838bf7ab..a2e40546588 100644
--- a/spec/features/milestone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/milestone_spec.rb
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ feature 'Milestone', feature: true do
   feature 'Create a milestone' do
     scenario 'shows an informative message for a new milestone' do
       visit new_namespace_project_milestone_path(project.namespace, project)
+
       page.within '.milestone-form' do
         fill_in "milestone_title", with: '8.7'
+        fill_in "milestone_start_date", with: '2016-11-16'
+        fill_in "milestone_due_date", with: '2016-12-16'
       end
+
       find('input[name="commit"]').click
 
       expect(find('.alert-success')).to have_content('Assign some issues to this milestone.')
+      expect(page).to have_content('Nov 16, 2016 - Dec 16, 2016')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/milestones_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/milestones_helper_spec.rb
index 28c2268f8d0..ea744dbb629 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/milestones_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/milestones_helper_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe MilestonesHelper do
+  describe "#milestone_date_range" do
+    def result_for(*args)
+      milestone_date_range(build(:milestone, *args))
+    end
+
+    let(:yesterday) { Date.yesterday }
+    let(:tomorrow) { yesterday + 2 }
+    let(:format) { '%b %-d, %Y' }
+    let(:yesterday_formatted) { yesterday.strftime(format) }
+    let(:tomorrow_formatted) { tomorrow.strftime(format) }
+
+    it { expect(result_for(due_date: nil, start_date: nil)).to be_nil }
+    it { expect(result_for(due_date: tomorrow)).to eq("expires on #{tomorrow_formatted}") }
+    it { expect(result_for(due_date: yesterday)).to eq("expired on #{yesterday_formatted}") }
+    it { expect(result_for(start_date: tomorrow)).to eq("starts on #{tomorrow_formatted}") }
+    it { expect(result_for(start_date: yesterday)).to eq("started on #{yesterday_formatted}") }
+    it { expect(result_for(start_date: yesterday, due_date: tomorrow)).to eq("#{yesterday_formatted} - #{tomorrow_formatted}") }
+  end
+
   describe '#milestone_counts' do
     let(:project) { FactoryGirl.create(:project) }
     let(:counts) { helper.milestone_counts(project.milestones) }
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
index d6807941b31..78d6b2c5032 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Milestone:
 - project_id
 - description
 - due_date
+- start_date
 - created_at
 - updated_at
 - state
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/milestoneish_spec.rb b/spec/models/concerns/milestoneish_spec.rb
index b7e973798a3..0e097559b59 100644
--- a/spec/models/concerns/milestoneish_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/milestoneish_spec.rb
@@ -115,4 +115,24 @@ describe Milestone, 'Milestoneish' do
       expect(milestone.percent_complete(admin)).to eq 60
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#elapsed_days' do
+    it 'shows 0 if no start_date set' do
+      milestone = build(:milestone)
+
+      expect(milestone.elapsed_days).to eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it 'shows 0 if start_date is a future' do
+      milestone = build(:milestone, start_date: Time.now + 2.days)
+
+      expect(milestone.elapsed_days).to eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it 'shows correct amount of days' do
+      milestone = build(:milestone, start_date: Time.now - 2.days)
+
+      expect(milestone.elapsed_days).to eq(2)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/milestone_spec.rb b/spec/models/milestone_spec.rb
index 33fe22dd98c..a4bfe851dfb 100644
--- a/spec/models/milestone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/milestone_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Milestone, models: true do
-  describe "Associations" do
-    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
-    it { is_expected.to have_many(:issues) }
-  end
-
   describe "Validation" do
     before do
       allow(subject).to receive(:set_iid).and_return(false)
@@ -13,6 +8,20 @@ describe Milestone, models: true do
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:title) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:project) }
+
+    describe 'start_date' do
+      it 'adds an error when start_date is greated then due_date' do
+        milestone = build(:milestone, start_date: Date.tomorrow, due_date: Date.yesterday)
+
+        expect(milestone).not_to be_valid
+        expect(milestone.errors[:start_date]).to include("Can't be greater than due date")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "Associations" do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:issues) }
   end
 
   let(:milestone) { create(:milestone) }
@@ -58,18 +67,6 @@ describe Milestone, models: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#expires_at" do
-    it "is nil when due_date is unset" do
-      milestone.update_attributes(due_date: nil)
-      expect(milestone.expires_at).to be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "is not nil when due_date is set" do
-      milestone.update_attributes(due_date: Date.tomorrow)
-      expect(milestone.expires_at).to be_present
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#expired?' do
     context "expired" do
       before do
@@ -88,6 +85,18 @@ describe Milestone, models: true do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#upcoming?' do
+    it 'returns true' do
+      milestone = build(:milestone, start_date: Time.now + 1.month)
+      expect(milestone.upcoming?).to be_truthy
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false' do
+      milestone = build(:milestone, start_date: Date.today.prev_year)
+      expect(milestone.upcoming?).to be_falsey
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#percent_complete' do
     before do
       allow(milestone).to receive_messages(
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/milestones_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/milestones_spec.rb
index 5d7b39e71b8..b0946a838a1 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/milestones_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/milestones_spec.rb
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       expect(json_response['description']).to be_nil
     end
 
-    it 'creates a new project milestone with description and due date' do
+    it 'creates a new project milestone with description and dates' do
       post api("/projects/#{project.id}/milestones", user),
-        title: 'new milestone', description: 'release', due_date: '2013-03-02'
+        title: 'new milestone', description: 'release', due_date: '2013-03-02', start_date: '2013-02-02'
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(201)
       expect(json_response['description']).to eq('release')
       expect(json_response['due_date']).to eq('2013-03-02')
+      expect(json_response['start_date']).to eq('2013-02-02')
     end
 
     it 'returns a 400 error if title is missing' do