How to create Date Picker in ReactJS?

Date pickers provide a simple way to select a single value from a pre-determined set. Material UI for React has this component available for us and it is very easy to integrate. We can create a Date Picker in ReactJS using the following approach:

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the material-ui modules using the following command:

npm install @material-ui/core

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

App.js: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

Javascript

import React from 'react';
import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';

const App = () => {

  return (
    <div style={{
      margin: 'auto',
      display: 'block',
      width: 'fit-content'
    }}>
      <h3>How to create Date Picker in ReactJS?</h3>
      <TextField
        id="date"
        label="Choose your birthdate"
        type="date"
        defaultValue="2017-05-24"
        InputLabelProps={{
          shrink: true,
        }}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output: