HTML DOM Input Datetime Type Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Datetime type property returns/sets type of Input Datetime.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning string value

inputDatetimeObject.type

Setting type to string value

inputDatetimeObject.type = stringValue

String Values

Here, “stringValue” can be the following −

stringValue	Details
date	It defines that input type is date
datetime	It defines that input type is datetime
checkbox	It defines that input type is checkbox
text	It defines that input type is text

Example

Let us see an example of Input Datetime type property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Datetime type</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div>
Date of Birth: <input type="datetime" id="datetimeSelect" value="2000-09-17T19:22Z">
</div>
</form>
<button onclick="changeType()">Get Time and Date</button>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputDatetime = document.getElementById("datetimeSelect");
   divDisplay.textContent = 'Input type: '+ inputDatetime.type;
   function changeType(){
      if(inputDatetime.type === 'text'){
         var currDate = inputDatetime.value.split("T")[0];
         var currTime = inputDatetime.value.split("T")[1];
      }
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Input Date: '+ currDate+', Input Time: '+currTime;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>