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Getting started with Angular DatePicker component

20 Apr 2021 / 4 minutes to read

The following section explains the steps required to create a simple DatePicker component and also it demonstrates the basic usage of the DatePicker.

Dependencies

Install the below required dependency package in order to use the DatePicker component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-calendars
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

Setup Angular environment

Angular provides the easiest way to set angular CLI projects using Angular CLI tool.

Install the CLI application globally to your machine.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create a new application

ng new syncfusion-angular-datepicker

By default, it install the CSS style base application. To setup with SCSS, pass —style=scss argument on create project.

Example code snippet.

ng new syncfusion-angular-datepicker --style=scss

Navigate to the created project folder.

cd syncfusion-angular-datepicker

Adding DatePicker package

All the available Essential JS 2 packages are published in npmjs.com registry.

To install DatePicker component, use the following command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars --save
(or)
npm I @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars --save

The —save will instruct NPM to include the DatePicker package inside of the dependencies section of the package.json.

Registering DatePicker module

Import DatePicker module into Angular application(src/app/app.module.ts) from the package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars.

import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
// import the DatePickerModule for the DatePicker component
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  //declaration of DatePickerModule into NgModule
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, DatePickerModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Adding CSS reference

The following CSS files are available in ../node_modules/@syncfusion package folder. This can be referenced in [src/styles.css] using following code.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars/styles/material.css';

If you want to refer the combined component styles, please make use of our CRG (Custom Resource Generator) in your application.

Adding DatePicker component

Modify the template in [src/app/app.component.ts] file to render the DatePicker component. by using <ejs-datepicker> selector.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `<!-- To Render DatePicker -->
             <ejs-datepicker></ejs-datepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Running the application

After completing the configuration required to render a basic DatePicker, run the following command to display the output in your default browser.

ng serve

The following example illustrates the output in your browser

Source

Preview

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-datepicker></ejs-datepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';


/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DatePickerModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Setting the selected date

To set the selected date, use the value property.

The below example demonstrates the DatePicker with current date as selected one.

Source

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-datepicker [value]='dateValue' placeholder='Enter date'></ejs-datepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    public dateValue: Date = new Date();
    constructor() {
    }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';


/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DatePickerModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Setting the date range to restrict selection

To restrict the selection of date within a specified range, use the min and max properties. To know more about range restriction in DatePicker, please refer this page.

The below example demonstrates the DatePicker to select a date within a range from 7 to 27.

Source

Preview

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
    <ejs-datepicker id="datepicker" [min]='minDate' [max]='maxDate'></ejs-datepicker>
    `
})
export class AppComponent {
public month: number = new Date().getMonth();
public fullYear: number = new Date().getFullYear();
public minDate: Date = new Date(this.fullYear, this.month , 7);
public maxDate: Date = new Date(this.fullYear, this.month, 27);
constructor() {
}
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';


/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DatePickerModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Getting started with Angular DatePicker component

Dependencies

Setup Angular environment

Create a new application

Adding DatePicker package

Registering DatePicker module

Adding CSS reference

Adding DatePicker component

Running the application

Setting the selected date

Setting the date range to restrict selection

See Also