Html/Elements/input/date

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<input type="date">

The date state represents a control for setting the element's value to a string representing a specific date.

Point

  • The value attribute, if specified, must have a value that is a valid global date string.

HTML Attributes

  • autocomplete = on/ off/ defult
    • on
      The on state indicates that the value is not particularly sensitive and the user can expect to be able to rely on his user agent to remember values he has entered for that control.
    • off
      The off state indicates either that the control's input data is particularly sensitive (for example the activation code for a nuclear weapon); or that it is a value that will never be reused (for example a one-time-key for a bank login) and the user will therefore have to explicitly enter the data each time, instead of being able to rely on the UA to prefill the value for him; or that the document provides its own autocomplete mechanism and does not want the user agent to provide autocompletion values.
    • defult
      The default state indicates that the user agent is to use the autocomplete attribute on the element's form owner instead. (By default, the autocomplete attribute of form elements is in the on state.)


  • list = ID reference
    Identify an element that lists predefined options suggested to the user.
    If present, its value must be the ID of a datalist element in the same document.


  • max = valid global date string
    indicate the allowed range of values for the element.


  • min = valid global date string
    indicate the allowed range of values for the element.


  • name = string
    Gives the name of the input element.


  • readonly = boolean
    Controls whether or not the user can edit the form control.


  • required = boolean
    When specified, the element is required.


  • step = any/ positive floating-point number
    Specifies the value granularity of the element’s value.


  • value = string
    Gives the default value of the input element.

Examples

Example A

[try it]:

<fieldset>
  <legend>Check in:</legend>
  <p><label>Date: <input type="date" name="checkin-date"></label>
</fieldset>


HTML Reference

The HTML5 specification defines the Date state in 4.10.7.1.8 DATE STATE.