Date time masking in Vue Datetimepicker component

26 Jul 20236 minutes to read

DateTimePicker has enableMask property that provides the option to enable the built-in date masking support. Also, you must inject the MaskedDateTime module to enable the masking support.

app.vue

<template>
<div id="app">
        <div class='wrapper'>
        <ejs-datetimepicker id="datetimepicker" :enableMask="true"></ejs-datetimepicker>
     </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from "vue";
import { DateTimePickerPlugin, DateTimePicker, MaskedDateTime } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars";

DateTimePicker.Inject(MaskedDateTime)
Vue.use(DateTimePickerPlugin);
export default Vue.extend({
  data: function() {
    return {
    };
  },
  provide: {
      datetimepicker: [MaskedDateTime]
  }  
});
</script>
<style>
@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-vue-calendars/styles/material.css";
  .wrapper {
    max-width: 250px;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
</style>

The mask pattern is defined based on the provided date format to the component. If the format is not specified, the mask pattern is formed based on the default format of the current culture.

Keys	Actions
Up / Down arrows	To increment and decrement the selected portion of the date and time.
Left / Right arrows and Tab	To navigate the selection from one portion to next portion

The following example demonstrates default and custom format of DateTimePicker component with mask.

app.vue

<template>
<div id="app">
      <div class='wrapper1'>
        <!-- Specifies the masked datetimepicker without format property. -->
        <ejs-datetimepicker id="datetimepicker" :enableMask="true" ></ejs-datetimepicker>
     </div>
     <div class='wrapper2'>
        <!-- Specifies the masked datetimepicker with format property. -->
        <ejs-datetimepicker id="datetimepicker" :enableMask="true" :format='dateFormat'></ejs-datetimepicker>
     </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from "vue";
import { DateTimePickerPlugin, DateTimePicker, MaskedDateTime } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars";

DateTimePicker.Inject(MaskedDateTime)
Vue.use(DateTimePickerPlugin);
export default Vue.extend({
  data: function() {
    return {
      dateFormat: 'M/d/yyyy hh:mm a'
    };
  },
  provide: {
      datetimepicker: [MaskedDateTime]
  }  
});
</script>
<style>
@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-vue-calendars/styles/material.css";
#wrapper1{
  min-width: 250px;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 100px;
}
#wrapper2{
  min-width: 250px;
    float: right;
     margin-right: 100px;
}
</style>

Configure Mask Placeholder

You can change mask placeholder value through property maskPlaceholder. By default , it takes the full name of date and time co-ordinates such as day, month, year, hour etc.

While changing to a culture other than English, ensure that locale text for the concerned culture is loaded through load method of L10n class for mask placeholder values like below.

//Load the L10n from ej2-base
import { L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

//load the locale object to set the localized mask placeholder value
L10n.load({
'de': {
    'datetimepicker': { day: 'Tag' , month: 'Monat', year: 'Jahr', hour: 'Stunde' ,minute: 'Minute', second:'Sekunden' }
}
});

The following example demonstrates default and customized mask placeholder value.

app.vue

<template>
<div id="app">
        <div class='wrapper1'>
         <!-- Specifies the masked datetimepicker without mask placeholder. -->
         <ejs-datetimepicker id="datetimepicker" :enableMask="true" ></ejs-datetimepicker>
     </div>
     <div class='wrapper2'>
          <!-- Specifies the masked datetimepicker with mask placeholder. -->
         <ejs-datetimepicker id="placeholder" :enableMask="true" :maskPlaceholder='maskPlaceholderValue'></ejs-datetimepicker>
     </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from "vue";
import { DateTimePickerPlugin, DateTimePicker, MaskedDateTime } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars";

DateTimePicker.Inject(MaskedDateTime)
Vue.use(DateTimePickerPlugin);
export default Vue.extend({
  data: function() {
    return {
      maskPlaceholderValue: {day: 'd', month: 'M', year: 'y', hour: 'h', minute: 'm', second: 's'}
    };
  },
  provide: {
      datetimepicker: [MaskedDateTime]
  }  
});
</script>
<style>
@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-vue-calendars/styles/material.css";
#wrapper1{
  min-width: 250px;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 100px;
}
#wrapper2{
  min-width: 250px;
  float: right;
  margin-right: 100px;
}
</style>