input¶

The simplest case: focusing the input (clicking or tabbing into it) will show the picker.

<input type="text" value="02-16-2012">

component¶

Adding the date class to an input-group bootstrap component will allow the input-group-addon elements to trigger the picker.

<div class="input-group date">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" value="12-02-2012">
    <div class="input-group-addon">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></span>
    </div>
</div>

date-range¶

Using the input-daterange construct with multiple child inputs will instantiate one picker per input and link them together to allow selecting ranges.

<div class="input-group input-daterange">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" value="2012-04-05">
    <span class="input-group-addon">to</span>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" value="2012-04-19">
</div>

Note that that input-daterange itself does not implement the datepicker methods. Methods should be directly called to the inputs. For example:

$('.input-daterange input').each(function() {
    $(this).datepicker("clearDates");
});

inline or embedded¶

Instantiating the datepicker on a simple div will give an embedded picker that is always visible.

<div data-date="12/03/2012"></div>

Example to save the embedded datepicker value to a hidden field

<div id="datepicker" data-date="12/03/2012"></div>
<input type="hidden" id="my_hidden_input">

$('#datepicker').datepicker();
$('#datepicker').on("changeDate", function() {
    $('#my_hidden_input').val(
        $('#datepicker').datepicker('getFormattedDate')
    );
});

autoclose¶

Boolean. Default: false

Whether or not to close the datepicker immediately when a date is selected.

beforeShowDay¶

Function(Date). Default: $.noop

A function that takes a date as a parameter and returns one of the following values:

• undefined to have no effect
• A Boolean, indicating whether or not this date is selectable
• A String representing additional CSS classes to apply to the date’s cell
• An object with the following properties:
  • enabled: same as the Boolean value above
  • classes: same as the String value above
  • tooltip: a tooltip to apply to this date, via the title HTML attribute

beforeShowMonth¶

Function(Date). Default: $.noop

A function that takes a date as a parameter and returns a boolean indicating whether or not this month is selectable

beforeShowYear¶

Function(Date). Default: $.noop

A function that takes a date as a parameter and returns one of the following values:

• undefined to have no effect
• A Boolean, indicating whether or not this year is selectable
• A String representing additional CSS classes to apply to the year’s cell
• An object with the following properties:
  • enabled: same as the Boolean value above
  • classes: same as the String value above
  • tooltip: a tooltip to apply to this year, via the title HTML attribute

calendarWeeks¶

Boolean. Default: false

Whether or not to show week numbers to the left of week rows.

clearBtn¶

Boolean. Default: false

If true, displays a “Clear” button at the bottom of the datepicker to clear the input value. If “autoclose” is also set to true, this button will also close the datepicker.

container¶

String. Default: “body”

Appends the date picker popup to a specific element; eg: container: ‘#picker-container’ (will default to “body”)

datesDisabled¶

String, Array. Default: []

Array of date strings or a single date string formatted in the given date format

daysOfWeekDisabled¶

String, Array. Default: []

Days of the week that should be disabled. Values are 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). Multiple values should be comma-separated. Example: disable weekends: '06' or '0,6' or [0,6].

daysOfWeekHighlighted¶

String, Array. Default: []

Days of the week that should be highlighted. Values are 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). Multiple values should be comma-separated. Example: highlight weekends: '06' or '0,6' or [0,6].

defaultViewDate¶

Object with keys year, month, and day. Default: today

Date to view when initially opening the calendar. The internal value of the date remains today as default, but when the datepicker is first opened the calendar will open to defaultViewDate rather than today. If this option is not used, “today” remains the default view date. If the given object is missing any of the required keys, their defaults are:

• year: the current year
• month: 0
• day: 1

disableTouchKeyboard¶

Boolean. Default: false

If true, no keyboard will show on mobile devices

enableOnReadonly¶

Boolean. Default: true

If false the datepicker will not show on a readonly datepicker field.

endDate¶

Date. Default: End of time

The latest date that may be selected; all later dates will be disabled.

<input type="text" data-provide="datepicker" data-date-end-date="0d">

Will disable all dates after today.

forceParse¶

Boolean. Default: true

Whether or not to force parsing of the input value when the picker is closed. That is, when an invalid date is left in the input field by the user, the picker will forcibly parse that value, and set the input’s value to the new, valid date, conforming to the given format.

format¶

String. Default: “mm/dd/yyyy”

The date format, combination of d, dd, D, DD, m, mm, M, MM, yy, yyyy.

• d, dd: Numeric date, no leading zero and leading zero, respectively. Eg, 5, 05.
• D, DD: Abbreviated and full weekday names, respectively. Eg, Mon, Monday.
• m, mm: Numeric month, no leading zero and leading zero, respectively. Eg, 7, 07.
• M, MM: Abbreviated and full month names, respectively. Eg, Jan, January
• yy, yyyy: 2- and 4-digit years, respectively. Eg, 12, 2012.

Object.

Custom formatting options

• toDisplay: function (date, format, language) to convert date object to string, that will be stored in input field
• toValue: function (date, format, language) to convert string object to date, that will be used in date selection

$('.datepicker').datepicker({
        format: {
            /*
            Say our UI should display a week ahead,
            but textbox should store the actual date.
            This is useful if we need UI to select local dates,
            but store in UTC
            */
            toDisplay: function (date, format, language) {
                var d = new Date(date);
                d.setDate(d.getDate() - 7);
                return d.toISOString();
            },
            toValue: function (date, format, language) {
                var d = new Date(date);
                d.setDate(d.getDate() + 7);
                return new Date(d);
            }
        },
        autoclose: true
    });

immediateUpdates¶

Boolean. Default: false

If true, selecting a year or month in the datepicker will update the input value immediately. Otherwise, only selecting a day of the month will update the input value immediately.

inputs¶

Array, jQuery. Default: None

A list of inputs to be used in a range picker, which will be attached to the selected element. Allows for explicitly creating a range picker on a non-standard element.

<div class="form-group form-group-filled" id="event_period">
   <input type="text" class="actual_range">
   <input type="text" class="actual_range">
</div>

$('#event_period').datepicker({
   inputs: $('.actual_range')
});

keyboardNavigation¶

Boolean. Default: true

Whether or not to allow date navigation by arrow keys.

language¶

String. Default: “en”

The IETF code (eg “en” for English, “pt-BR” for Brazilian Portuguese) of the language to use for month and day names. These will also be used as the input’s value (and subsequently sent to the server in the case of form submissions). If a full code (eg “de-DE”) is supplied the picker will first check for an “de-DE” language and if not found will fallback and check for a “de” language. If an unknown language code is given, English will be used. See I18N.

maxViewMode¶

Number, String. Default: 2, “years”

Set a maximum limit for the view mode. Accepts: “days” or 0, “months” or 1, and “years” or 2. Gives the ability to pick only a day or a month. The day is set to the 1st for “months”, and the month is set to January for “years”.

minViewMode¶

Number, String. Default: 0, “days”

Set a minimum limit for the view mode. Accepts: “days” or 0, “months” or 1, and “years” or 2. Gives the ability to pick only a month or an year. The day is set to the 1st for “months”, and the month is set to January for “years”.

multidate¶

Boolean, Number. Default: false

Enable multidate picking. Each date in month view acts as a toggle button, keeping track of which dates the user has selected in order. If a number is given, the picker will limit how many dates can be selected to that number, dropping the oldest dates from the list when the number is exceeded. true equates to no limit. The input’s value (if present) is set to a string generated by joining the dates, formatted, with multidateSeparator.

For selecting 2 dates as a range please see date-range

multidateSeparator¶

String. Default: ”,”

The string that will appear between dates when generating the input’s value. When parsing the input’s value for a multidate picker, this will also be used to split the incoming string to separate multiple formatted dates; as such, it is highly recommended that you not use a string that could be a substring of a formatted date (eg, using ‘-‘ to separate dates when your format is ‘yyyy-mm-dd’).

orientation¶

String. Default: “auto”

A space-separated string consisting of one or two of “left” or “right”, “top” or “bottom”, and “auto” (may be omitted); for example, “top left”, “bottom” (horizontal orientation will default to “auto”), “right” (vertical orientation will default to “auto”), “auto top”. Allows for fixed placement of the picker popup.

“orientation” refers to the location of the picker popup’s “anchor”; you can also think of it as the location of the trigger element (input, component, etc) relative to the picker.

“auto” triggers “smart orientation” of the picker. Horizontal orientation will default to “left” and left offset will be tweaked to keep the picker inside the browser viewport; vertical orientation will simply choose “top” or “bottom”, whichever will show more of the picker in the viewport.

showOnFocus¶

Boolean. Default: true

If false, the datepicker will be prevented from showing when the input field associated with it receives focus.

startDate¶

Date. Default: Beginning of time

The earliest date that may be selected; all earlier dates will be disabled.

startView¶

Number, String. Default: 0, “month”

The view that the datepicker should show when it is opened. Accepts values of 0 or “month” for month view (the default), 1 or “year” for the 12-month overview, and 2 or “decade” for the 10-year overview. Useful for date-of-birth datepickers.

title¶

String. Default: “”

The string that will appear on top of the datepicker. If empty the title will be hidden.

todayBtn¶

Boolean, “linked”. Default: false

If true or “linked”, displays a “Today” button at the bottom of the datepicker to select the current date. If true, the “Today” button will only move the current date into view; if “linked”, the current date will also be selected.

todayHighlight¶

Boolean. Default: false

If true, highlights the current date.

toggleActive¶

Boolean. Default: false

If true, selecting the currently active date in the datepicker will unset the respective date. This option is always true when the multidate option is being used.

weekStart¶

Integer. Default: 0

Day of the week start. 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)

zIndexOffset¶

Integer. Default: 10

The CSS z-index of the open datepicker is the maximum z-index of the input and all of its DOM ancestors plus the zIndexOffset.

remove¶

Arguments: None

Remove the datepicker. Removes attached events, internal attached objects, and added HTML elements.

show¶

Arguments: None

Show the picker.

hide¶

Arguments: None

Hide the picker.

update¶

Arguments:

• date (String|Date, optional)

Update the datepicker with given argument or the current input value.

If date is provided and is a Date object, it is assumed to be a “local” date object, and will be converted to UTC for internal use.

$('.datepicker').datepicker('update');
$('.datepicker').datepicker('update', '2011-03-05');
$('.datepicker').datepicker('update', new Date(2011, 2, 5));

To reset the datepicker and clear the selected date, pass an empty string with update:

$('.datepicker').datepicker('update', '');

setDate¶

Arguments:

• date (Date)

Sets the internal date. date is assumed to be a “local” date object, and will be converted to UTC for internal use.

setUTCDate¶

Arguments:

• date (Date)

Sets the internal date. date is assumed to be a UTC date object, and will not be converted.

setDates¶

Arguments:

• date[, date[, ...]] (Date)

or

• [date[, date[, ...]]] (Array)

Sets the internal date list; accepts multiple dates or a single array of dates as arguments. Each date is assumed to be a “local” date object, and will be converted to UTC for internal use. For use with multidate pickers.

clearDates¶

Arguments: None

Clear dates.

setUTCDates¶

Arguments:

• date[, date[, ...]] (Date)

or

• [date[, date[, ...]]] (Array)

Sets the internal date list. Each date is assumed to be a UTC date object, and will not be converted. For use with multidate pickers.

getDate¶

Arguments: None

Returns a localized date object representing the internal date object of the first datepicker in the selection. For multidate pickers, returns the latest date selected.

getUTCDate¶

Arguments: None

Returns the internal UTC date object, as-is and unconverted to local time, of the first datepicker in the selection. For multidate pickers, returns the latest date selected.

getDates¶

Arguments: None

Returns a list of localized date objects representing the internal date objects of the first datepicker in the selection. For use with multidate pickers.

getUTCDates¶

Arguments: None

Returns the internal list of UTC date objects, as they are and unconverted to local time, of the first datepicker in the selection. For use with multidate pickers.

setStartDate¶

Arguments:

• startDate (Date)

Sets a new lower date limit on the datepicker. See showOnFocus for valid values.

Omit startDate (or provide an otherwise falsey value) to unset the limit.

setEndDate¶

Arguments:

• endDate (Date)

Sets a new upper date limit on the datepicker. See disableTouchKeyboard for valid values.

Omit endDate (or provide an otherwise falsey value) to unset the limit.

setDatesDisabled¶

Arguments:

• datesDisabled (String|Array)

Sets the days that should be disabled. See defaultViewDate for valid values.

Omit datesDisabled (or provide an otherwise falsey value) to unset the disabled days.

setDaysOfWeekDisabled¶

Arguments:

• daysOfWeekDisabled (String|Array)

Sets the days of week that should be disabled. See datesDisabled for valid values.

Omit daysOfWeekDisabled (or provide an otherwise falsey value) to unset the disabled days.

setDaysOfWeekHighlighted¶

Arguments:

• daysOfWeekHighlighted (String|Array)

Sets the days of week that should be highlighted. See daysOfWeekHighlighted for valid values.

Omit daysOfWeekHighlighted (or provide an otherwise falsey value) to unset the disabled days.

show¶

Fired when the date picker is displayed.

hide¶

Fired when the date picker is hidden.

clearDate¶

Fired when the date is cleared, normally when the “clear” button (enabled with the clearBtn option) is pressed.

changeDate¶

Fired when the date is changed.

changeYear¶

Fired when the view year is changed from decade view.

changeMonth¶

Fired when the view month is changed from year view.

up, down, left, right arrow keys¶

By themselves, left/right will move focus backward/forward one day, up/down will move focus back/forward one week.

With the shift key, up/left will move focus backward one month, down/right will move focus forward one month.

With the ctrl key, up/left will move focus backward one year, down/right will move focus forward one year.

Shift+ctrl behaves the same as ctrl – that is, it does not change both month and year simultaneously, only the year.

enter¶

When the picker is visible, enter will toggle the focused date (if there is one). When the picker is not visible, enter will have normal effects – submitting the current form, etc.

When the date is deselected, the clearDate event is triggered; otherwise, the changeDate event is triggered. If autoclose is enabled, the picker will be hidden after selection or deselection.

escape¶

The escape key can be used to clear the focused date and hide and re-show the datepicker; hiding the picker is necessary if the user wants to manually edit the value.