The HTML DOM Input Date Object represents an input HTML element with type date.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
- Creating an <input> with type date
var dateObject = document.createElement(“input”); dateObject.type = “date”;
Attributes
Here, “dateObject” can have the following attributes −
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| autocomplete | It defines the value of autocomplete attribute of a date field |
| autofocus | It defines if the date field should be focused on initial page load. |
| defaultValue | It sets/returns the default value of date field |
| disabled | It defines if date field is disabled/enabled |
| form | It returns a reference of enclosing form that contains the date field |
| max | It returns/sets the value of max attribute of date field |
| min | It returns/sets the value of min attribute of date field |
| name | It defines the value of name attribute of a date field |
| readOnly | It defines if the date field is read only or not |
| required | It defines if the date field is compulsory to be filled in order to submit the form |
| step | It defines the value of the step attribute of date field |
| type | It returns the type of form element of date field |
| value | It defines the value of the value attribute of a date field |
Boolean Value
And, also the following methods −
| booleanValue | Details |
|---|---|
| stepDown | It defines the amount of days the date field should increase. |
| stepUp | It defines the amount of days the date field should increase. |
Example
Let us see an example of Input Date max property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Date Max</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Date Select: <input type="date" id="date" name="DateSelect" max="2018-12-31">
</form>
<button onclick="getMaxDate()">Change Max Date</button>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
<script>
var inputDate = document.getElementById("date");
var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
divDisplay.textContent = 'Max of date input: '+inputDate.max;
function getMaxDate() {
var oldInputDate = inputDate.max;
inputDate.max = '2020-12-31';
divDisplay.textContent = 'Max of date input: '+inputDate.max;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Before clicking ‘Change Max Date’ button −
After clicking ‘Change Max Date’ button −
