Date - DatePicker
Date picker component
Component properties
Mask presentation (section Styling)
If auto mask is enabled (
Displaying a mask in the date field (default value "true").
Date format (section Basic properties)
If the field has a custom format set (
Date format. Default is set to dd-MM-yyyy.Values from which a date format can be composed:
yy - last two digits of the year
yyyy - year
MMMM - full month name
MMM - three-letter abbreviated month name (Jan, Feb, Mar etc.)
MM - two-digit month number (months 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero)
M - month number
d - day of month number
dd - two-digit day of month number (days 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero)
EEEE - full weekday name
EEE or EE - abbreviated weekday name (Mon, Tue etc.)
separators e.g. space, dot, hyphen etc.
The default date format for the component follows locale settings.
Note! changing the date format affects how it is displayed in Default value (defaultValue). Any change of the format requires adjusting the default date.
Date range (section Data quality)
If the field has date selection restrictions (
Narrowing the interval of selectable dates. Available options:
ALL (all dates)
PAST (past dates including today)
PAST_WITHOUT_TODAY (past dates excluding today)
FUTURE (future dates including today)
FUTURE_WITHOUT_TODAY (future dates excluding today)
Date change message (section Other)
dateRangeValidationText
Text shown after changing the date when an invalid value was entered. The default value is "The date has been changed."
Date set to today (section Other)
defaultValueOnToday
Display in the field as the system date default value (default value "false").
Dropdown for selecting month/year (section Other)
useDropDownSelector
Enabled dropdown for selecting month/year (default value "false").
With time (section Other)
withTime
Set to "true" means time in the format: 00:00 will appear after the date
Unavailable dates
disabledDates
A list of days (as timestamps) separated by commas whose selection should be blocked.
More information about component properties: Common component properties
External data source
We can populate the control using a script; for this we can use an external data source. An external data source can be configured in the Interactions section, and the parameters we can set are:
service - the service that will provide the data to display in the control
input parameters - list of service parameters that we can feed with variables or values from the form
output parameters - list of service output parameters that we can map to component attributes, the list of available attributes is:
value - initial value of the control represented by a timestamp. Example: 1739577600000
disabledDates - list of days that the user will not be able to select. The value is a list of timestamps separated by commas. Example: 1739145600000,1739577600000
dateRange - range of selectable dates. The range is recorded as two timestamps separated by a comma. Example: 1738800000000,1740009600000
disabledInputTyping - will it be possible to type the date? Possible values: true, false.
Sample component settings
Set Date format (dateFormat) decides what appearance of the date component will be presented on the form, for example:
Additional component properties
Display year in calendar header (section Other)
showYearInHeadline
The calendar displays the year next to the month (default value "true").
Selection only from the calendar (section Other)
disabledInputTyping
Set to "true" means that selecting a date will only be possible from the popup. It will not be possible to type the date manually into the field. Desktop channel only.
Placeholder (section Data quality)
placeholderText
Text displayed as Placeholder the field, by default this is an empty value.
Start view (section Other)
startViewMode
Choice of the "screen" that will appear first after clicking the calendar. Possible values DEFAULT - behavior as before, MULTI_YEAR - display the year selection as the first screen.
Date format for unfocused field (section Basic properties)
unfocusedFormat
Custom date format for a field that does not have focus.
Allowed formats are the same as in the field with Date format. If the field is empty, then Date format for unfocused field is the same as in the field with Date format. If the field is filled with a format other than Date format, then this value will be visible after leaving the field, and Date format after clicking the field.
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