Date Picker

Bootstrap Date Picker

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Bootstrap date picker is a plugin that adds the function of selecting time without the necessity of using custom JavaScript code.

This documentation may contain syntax introduced in the MDB 4.17.0 and can be incompatible with previous versions. For old Date Picker documentation please follow the link.


Basic example MDB Pro component

The new date picker opens when you click the icon on the right side, not on input.

        
            
        <div id="date-picker-example" class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    
        
            

        // Data Picker Initialization
        $('.datepicker').datepicker();
      
        
    

Initialization required

To use our Material DatePicker you have to initialize it first with the code below.

Note: Javascript numeration

Months in a JavaScript Date object are zero-indexed. Meaning, new Date(2015, 3, 20) is 20 April, 2015.

To stay consistent with this, whenever an integer is used in reference to a month, datepicker treats it as zero-indexed. Dates as strings are still parsed as expected.


Inline mode

        
            
        <div id="date-picker-example" class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" inline="true">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix"></i>
        </div>
      
        
    
        
            

        // Data Picker Initialization
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          inline: true
        });
      
        
    

Note: Javascript numeration

Months in a JavaScript Date object are zero-indexed. Meaning, new Date(2015, 3, 20) is 20 April, 2015.

To stay consistent with this, whenever an integer is used in reference to a month, datepicker treats it as zero-indexed. Dates as strings are still parsed as expected.


Default settings

These are the default settings applied to the basic invocation above. To change them, simply initialize the Date Picker with the desired values.

        
            

        // Strings and translations
        monthsFull: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October',
        'November', 'December'],
        monthsShort: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
        weekdaysFull: ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'],
        weekdaysShort: ['Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat'],
        showMonthsShort: undefined,
        showWeekdaysFull: undefined,

        // Buttons
        today: 'Today',
        clear: 'Clear',
        close: 'Close',

        // Accessibility labels
        labelMonthNext: 'Next month',
        labelMonthPrev: 'Previous month',
        labelMonthSelect: 'Select a month',
        labelYearSelect: 'Select a year',

        // Formats
        format: 'd mmmm, yyyy',
        formatSubmit: undefined,
        hiddenPrefix: undefined,
        hiddenSuffix: '_submit',
        hiddenName: undefined,

        // Editable input
        editable: undefined,

        // Dropdown selectors
        selectYears: undefined,
        selectMonths: undefined,

        // First day of the week
        firstDay: undefined,

        // Date limits
        min: undefined,
        max: undefined,

        // Disable dates
        disable: undefined,

        // Root picker container
        container: undefined,

        // Hidden input container
        containerHidden: undefined,

        // Close on a user action
        closeOnSelect: true,
        closeOnClear: true,

        // Events
        onStart: undefined,
        onRender: undefined,
        onOpen: undefined,
        onClose: undefined,
        onSet: undefined,
        onStop: undefined,

        // Classes
        klass: {

          // The element states
          input: 'picker__input',
          active: 'picker__input--active',

          // The root picker and states *
          picker: 'picker',
          opened: 'picker--opened',
          focused: 'picker--focused',
          
          // The picker holder
          holder: 'picker__holder',
          
          // The picker frame, wrapper, and box
          frame: 'picker__frame',
          wrap: 'picker__wrap',
          box: 'picker__box',
          
          // The picker header
          header: 'picker__header',
          
          // Month navigation
          navPrev: 'picker__nav--prev',
          navNext: 'picker__nav--next',
          navDisabled: 'picker__nav--disabled',
          
          // Month & year labels
          month: 'picker__month',
          year: 'picker__year',
          
          // Month & year dropdowns
          selectMonth: 'picker__select--month',
          selectYear: 'picker__select--year',
          
          // Table of dates
          table: 'picker__table',
          
          // Weekday labels
          weekdays: 'picker__weekday',
          
          // Day states
          day: 'picker__day',
          disabled: 'picker__day--disabled',
          selected: 'picker__day--selected',
          highlighted: 'picker__day--highlighted',
          now: 'picker__day--today',
          infocus: 'picker__day--infocus',
          outfocus: 'picker__day--outfocus',
          
          // The picker footer
          footer: 'picker__footer',
          
          // Today, clear, & close buttons
          buttonClear: 'picker__button--clear',
          buttonClose: 'picker__button--close',
          buttonToday: 'picker__button--today'
        }

      
        
    

Customization


Strings

Change the month and weekday labels as you wish:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          weekdaysShort: ['Su', 'Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'Sa'],
          showMonthsShort: true
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="customDays">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="Customization" class="form-control">
          <label for="Customization">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Buttons

Change the text, or hide a button completely, by passing a false-y value:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          ok: '',
          clear: 'Clear selection',
          close: 'Cancel'
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="falseY">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="buttons-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="buttons-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Accessibility labels

Change the title attributes to several elements within the picker:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          labelMonthNext: 'Go to the next month',
          labelMonthPrev: 'Go to the previous month',
          labelMonthSelect: 'Pick a month from the dropdown',
          labelYearSelect: 'Pick a year from the dropdown',
          selectMonths: true,
          selectYears: true
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="accLabels">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="accessibility-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="accessibility-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Translations

The picker can be extended to add support for internationalization. Translations for over 40 languages are available out of the box, which you can include in one of two ways:

        
            
        // Extend the default picker options for all instances.
        $.extend($.fn.datepicker.defaults, {
          monthsFull: ['Janvier', 'Février', 'Mars', 'Avril', 'Mai', 'Juin', 'Juillet', 'Août', 'Septembre', 'Octobre',
          'Novembre', 'Décembre'],
          weekdaysShort: ['Dim', 'Lun', 'Mar', 'Mer', 'Jeu', 'Ven', 'Sam'],
          today: 'aujourd\'hui',
          clear: 'effacer',
          formatSubmit: 'yyyy/mm/dd'
        })

        // Or, pass the months and weekdays as an array for each invocation.
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          monthsFull: ['Janvier', 'Février', 'Mars', 'Avril', 'Mai', 'Juin', 'Juillet', 'Août', 'Septembre', 'Octobre',
          'Novembre', 'Décembre'],
          weekdaysShort: ['Dim', 'Lun', 'Mar', 'Mer', 'Jeu', 'Ven', 'Sam'],
          clear: 'effacer',
          formatSubmit: 'yyyy/mm/dd'
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="translat">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="translat-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="translat-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Note:

When using translations, specify formatSubmit and data-value to ensure the date parses correctly regardless of locale.

Formats

Display a human-friendly format and use an alternate one to submit to the server.

This is done by creating a new hidden input element with the same name attribute as the original with an optional prefix/suffix:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          // Escape any “rule” characters with an exclamation mark (!).
          format: 'You selecte!d: dddd, dd mmm, yyyy',
          formatSubmit: 'yyyy/mm/dd',
          hiddenPrefix: 'prefix__',
          hiddenSuffix: '__suffix'
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="formatsSection">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="formats-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="formats-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Send the hidden value only

A majority of the time, the value that needs to be sent to the server is just the hidden value — and not the visible one. To make this happen, use the hiddenName option.

This essentially nullifies hiddenPrefix and hiddenSuffix, strips the name attribute from the source input, and then sets it as the name of the hidden input:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
        weekdaysShort: ['Su', 'Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'Sa'],
        showMonthsShort: true
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="formatsSection">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="formats-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="formats-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Pre-fill values using custom formats or translations

When using a custom formatting rule for the format option, or when using translations, the input element should be given a data-value attribute formatted using the [yyyy,m,dd] while months count from 0 to 11 — the element’s value can be left blank. This helps to parse the date from custom formats into various languages:

        
            

        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="prefill">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="prefill-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="prefill-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>

      
        
    
        
            
          $('#prefill').datepicker({

          });
        
        
    

Formatting rules

The following rules can be used to format any date:

Rule Description Result
d Date of the month 1 – 31
dd Date of the month with a leading zero 01 – 31
ddd Day of the week in short form Sun – Sat
dddd Day of the week in full form Sunday – Saturday
m Month of the year 1 – 12
mm Month of the year with a leading zero 01 – 12
mmm Month name in short form Jan – Dec
mmmm Month name in full form January – December
yy Year in short form * 00 – 99
yyyy Year in full form 2000 – 2999

Note:

If you use the yy rule in the format option, you must specify the yyyy rule in the formatSubmit option with the appropriate data-value attribute to ensure the the date parses accurately.

Never use the yy rule in the formatSubmit option.

First weekday

The first day of the week can be set to either Sunday or Monday. Anything truth-y sets it as Monday and anything false-y as Sunday:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          firstDay: 0
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="firstWeekday">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="firstWeekday-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="firstWeekday-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Date limits

Set the minimum and maximum selectable dates on the picker:

1. Using JavaScript Date object:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({ min: new Date(2015,3,20),
          max: new Date(2015,7,14)
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

2. Using arrays formatted as [YEAR,MONTH,DATE]

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({ min: [2015,3,20],
          max: [2015,7,14]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

3. Using integers or a boolean

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          // An integer (positive/negative) sets it relative to today.
          min: -15,
          // `true` sets it to today. `false` removes any limits.
          max: true
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Disable dates

Disable a specific or arbitrary set of dates selectable on the picker.

You can do it by:

1. Using JavaScript Date object

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            new Date(2015,3,13),
            new Date(2015,3,29)
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker" id="firstDisable">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="firstDisable-example" class="form-control">
          <label for="firstDisable-example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

2. Using arrays formatted as [YEAR,MONTH,DATE]

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            [2015,3,3],
            [2015,3,12],
            [2015,3,20]
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            

        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

3. Using integers as days of the week (1 to 7)

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            1, 4, 7
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

4. Using objects as a range of dates

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            { from: [2016,2,14], to: [2016,2,27] }
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Note:

When it comes to disabling particular dates, the values for from & to can be a JavaScript Date object, an array formatted as [YEAR,MONTH,DATE] or a booleanvalue (true sets the date as “today”).

The values can also be integers representing dates relative to the other, where to can only be positive ({ from: [2016,3,12], to: 10 }), while from can only be negative ({ from: -10, to: true })

5. Disabling all with a set of exceptions

Enable only a specific or arbitrary set of dates by setting the the first item in the collection as true:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            true,
            1, 4, 7,
            [2015,3,3],
            [2015,3,12],
            [2015,3,20],
            new Date(2015,3,13),
            new Date(2015,3,29)
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

6. Disabling ranges with exceptions

Enable dates that fall within a range of disabled dates by adding an the inverted parameter to the item within the collection:

        
            
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
          disable: [
            5,
            [2015, 10, 21, 'inverted'],
            { from: [2016, 3, 15], to: [2016, 3, 25] },
            [2016, 3, 20, 'inverted'],
            { from: [2016, 3, 17], to: [2016, 3, 18], inverted: true }
          ]
        })
      
        
    
        
            
        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="text" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
          <i class="fas fa-calendar input-prefix" tabindex=0></i>
        </div>
      
        
    

Events

Fire off events as the user interacts with the picker:

        
            
          $('.datepicker').datepicker({
            onStart: function() {
              console.log('Hello there :)')
            },
            onRender: function() {
              console.log('Whoa.. rendered anew')
            },
            onOpen: function() {
              console.log('Opened up')
            },
            onClose: function() {
              console.log('Closed now')
            },
            onStop: function() {
              console.log('See ya.')
            },
            onSet: function(context) {
              console.log('Just set stuff:', context)
            }
          })
        
        
    
        
            
          <div class="md-form">
            <input placeholder="Selected date" type="text" id="date-picker-example" class="form-control datepicker">
            <label for="date-picker-example">Try me...</label>
          </div>
        
        
    

Default Date Picker

        
            

        <div class="md-form md-outline input-with-post-icon datepicker">
          <input placeholder="Select date" type="date" id="example" class="form-control">
          <label for="example">Try me...</label>
        </div>