DateTimePicker

Represents the DateTimePicker component that allows user to select or enter a date time value.

<input id="dateTimePicker"/>

<script>
  let dateTimePickerObject:DateTimePicker = new DateTimePicker({ value: new Date() });
  dateTimePickerObject.appendTo("#dateTimePicker");
</script>

Properties

allowEdit

boolean

Support for allowEdit has been provided from v16.2.46. Specifies whether the input textbox is editable or not. Here the user can select the value from the popup and cannot edit in the input textbox.

Defaults to true

calendarMode

CalendarType

Gets or sets the Calendar’s Type like gregorian or islamic.

Defaults to Gregorian

cssClass

string

Specifies the root CSS class of the DatePicker that allows to customize the appearance by overriding the styles.

Defaults to null

dayHeaderFormat

DayHeaderFormats

Specifies the format of the day that to be displayed in header. By default, the format is ‘short’. Possible formats are:

• Short - Sets the short format of day name (like Su ) in day header.
• Narrow - Sets the single character of day name (like S ) in day header.
• Abbreviated - Sets the min format of day name (like Sun ) in day header.
• Wide - Sets the long format of day name (like Sunday ) in day header.

Defaults to Short

depth

CalendarView

Sets the maximum level of view such as month, year, and decade in the Calendar. Depth view should be smaller than the start view to restrict its view navigation.

Defaults to Month

enableMask

boolean

Specifies whether it is a masked datetimepicker or not. By default the datetimepicker component render without masked input. If you need masked datetimepicker input then specify it as true.

Defaults to false

enablePersistence

boolean

Enable or disable persisting component’s state between page reloads. If enabled, following list of states will be persisted.

1. value

Defaults to false

enableRtl

boolean

Enable or disable rendering component in right to left direction.

Defaults to false

enabled

boolean

Specifies the component to be disabled or not.

Defaults to true

firstDayOfWeek

number

Gets or sets the Calendar’s first day of the week. By default, the first day of the week will be based on the current culture.

Defaults to 0

floatLabelType

FloatLabelType | string

Specifies the placeholder text to be floated. Possible values are: Never: The label will never float in the input when the placeholder is available. Always: The floating label will always float above the input. Auto: The floating label will float above the input after focusing or entering a value in the input.

Defaults to Syncfusion.EJ2.Inputs.FloatLabelType.Never

format

string | FormatObject

Specifies the format of the value that to be displayed in component. By default, the format is based on the culture. You can set the format to “format:‘dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm’” or “format:{skeleton:‘medium’}” either in string or object.

To know more about the date format standards, refer to the Internationalization Date Format Internationalization section.

Defaults to null

fullScreenMode

boolean

Specifies the component popup display full screen in mobile devices.

Defaults to false

htmlAttributes

{ : }

You can add the additional html attributes such as disabled, value etc., to the element. If you configured both property and equivalent html attribute then the component considers the property value.

<input id="datetimepicker" type="text">

import { DateTimePicker } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';

let datetimepicker: DateTimePicker = new DateTimePicker({
  htmlAttributes:  { name: "appointment", placeholder:"Select a date and time" }
});
datetimepicker.appendTo('#datetimepicker');

Defaults to {}

keyConfigs

{ : }

Customizes the key actions in DateTimePicker. For example, when using German keyboard, the key actions can be customized using these shortcuts. Input Navigation

Calendar Navigation (Use the following list of keys to navigate the currently focused Calendar after the popup has opened).

TimePicker Navigation (Use the below list of shortcut keys to interact with the TimePicker after the TimePicker Popup has opened).

<input id="datetimepicker" type="text">

import { DateTimePicker } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';

let datetimepicker: DateTimePicker = new DateTimePicker({
    keyConfigs: { 
    select: "space",
    home: "ctrl+home",
    end: "ctrl+end"
  }
});
datetimepicker.appendTo('#datetimepicker');

Defaults to null

locale

string

Overrides the global culture and localization value for this component. Default global culture is ‘en-US’.

Defaults to ”

maskPlaceholder

MaskPlaceholderModel

Specifies the mask placeholder to be displayed on masked datetimepicker.

Defaults to {day:‘day’ , month:‘month’, year: ‘year’, hour:‘hour’,minute:‘minute’,second:‘second’,dayOfTheWeek: ‘day of the week’}

max

Date

Gets or sets the maximum date that can be selected in the DateTimePicker.

Defaults to new Date(2099, 11, 31)

maxTime

Date

Gets or sets the maximum time that can be selected in the time popup of the DateTimePicker.

Defaults to null

min

Date

Gets or sets the minimum date that can be selected in the DateTimePicker.

Defaults to new Date(1900, 00, 01)

minTime

Date

Gets or sets the minimum time that can be selected in the time popup of the DateTimePicker.

Defaults to null

openOnFocus

boolean

By default, the popup opens while clicking on the datetimepicker icon. If you want to open the popup while focusing the datetime input then specify its value as true.

Defaults to false

placeholder

string

Specifies the placeholder text that to be is displayed in textbox.

Defaults to null

readonly

boolean

Specifies the component in readonly state. When the Component is readonly it does not allow user input.

Defaults to false

scrollTo

Date

Specifies the scroll bar position if there is no value is selected in the timepicker popup list or the given value is not present in the timepicker popup list.

 <input id="datetimepicker" type="text">

import { DateTimePicker } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';

let datetimepicker: DateTimePicker = new DateTimePicker({
  scrollTo: new Date("1/1/2018 5:30 PM")
});
datetimepicker.appendTo('#datetimepicker');

Defaults to null

serverTimezoneOffset

number

By default, the date value will be processed based on system time zone. If you want to process the initial date value using server time zone then specify the time zone value to serverTimezoneOffset property.

Defaults to null

showClearButton

boolean

Specifies whether to show or hide the clear icon in textbox.

Defaults to true

showTodayButton

boolean

Specifies whether the today button is to be displayed or not.

Defaults to true

start

CalendarView

Specifies the initial view of the Calendar when it is opened. With the help of this property, initial view can be changed to year or decade view.

Defaults to Month

step

number

Specifies the time interval between the two adjacent time values in the time popup list .

Defaults to 30

strictMode

boolean

Specifies the component to act as strict. So that, it allows to enter only a valid date and time value within a specified range or else it will resets to previous value. By default, strictMode is in false. it allows invalid or out-of-range value with highlighted error class.

Defaults to false> For more details refer toStrict Mode documentation.

timeFormat

string

Specifies the format of the time value that to be displayed in time popup list.

Defaults to null

value

Date

Gets or sets the selected date of the Calendar.

Defaults to null

weekNumber

boolean

Determines whether the week number of the year is to be displayed in the calendar or not.

Defaults to false> For more details about weekNumber refer toCalendar with week numberdocumentation.

weekRule

WeekRule

Specifies the rule for defining the first week of the year.

Defaults to FirstDay

width

number | string

Specifies the width of the DatePicker component.

Defaults to null

zIndex

number

specifies the z-index value of the popup element.

Defaults to 1000

Methods

addDate

This method is used to add the single or multiple dates to the values property of the Calendar.

Returns void

addEventListener

Adds the handler to the given event listener.

Returns void

appendTo

Appends the control within the given HTML element

Returns void

attachUnloadEvent

Adding unload event to persist data when enable persistence true

Returns void

currentView

Gets the current view of the DatePicker.

Returns string

dataBind

When invoked, applies the pending property changes immediately to the component.

Returns void

destroy

To destroy the widget.

Returns void

detachUnloadEvent

Removing unload event to persist data when enable persistence true

Returns void

focusIn

Sets the focus to widget for interaction.

Returns void

focusOut

Remove the focus from widget, if the widget is in focus state.

Returns void

getLocalData

Returns the persistence data for component

Returns any

getPersistData

Gets the properties to be maintained upon browser refresh.

Returns string

getRootElement

Returns the route element of the component

Returns HTMLElement

handleUnload

Handling unload event to persist data when enable persistence true

Returns void

navigateTo

Navigates to specified month or year or decade view of the DatePicker.

Returns void

onPropertyChanged

Called internally if any of the property value changed.

Returns void

refresh

Applies all the pending property changes and render the component again.

Returns void

removeDate

This method is used to remove the single or multiple dates from the values property of the Calendar.

Returns void

removeEventListener

Removes the handler from the given event listener.

Returns void

Inject

Dynamically injects the required modules to the component.

Returns void

Events

blur

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when input loses the focus.

change

EmitType<ChangedEventArgs>

Triggers when the Calendar value is changed.

cleared

EmitType<ClearedEventArgs>

Triggers when datetimepicker value is cleared using clear button.

close

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when popup is closed.

created

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when DateTimePicker is created.

destroyed

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when DateTimePicker is destroyed.

focus

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when input gets focus.

navigated

EmitType<NavigatedEventArgs>

Triggers when the Calendar is navigated to another level or within the same level of view.

open

EmitType<Object>

Triggers when popup is opened.

renderDayCell

EmitType<RenderDayCellEventArgs>

Triggers when each day cell of the Calendar is rendered.