HTML | DOM Input Date min Property

Last Updated : 07 Dec, 2021

The Input Date min property is used for setting or returning the value of the min attribute of a date field. The attribute returns a string that represents the minimum date allowed.

Syntax:

For returning the min property:

inputdateObject.min

For setting the min property:

inputdateObject.min = YYYY-MM-DD

Property Value:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD :It is used to specify the minimum date and time allowed.
- YYYY: It specifies the year.
- MM: It specifies the month.
- DD: It specifies the day of the month.
- T: It specifies the separator if time is also entered.
- hh: It specifies the hour.
- mm: It specifies the minutes.
- ss: It specifies the seconds.
- TZD: It specifies the Time Zone Designator.

Return Values: It returns a string value which represents the minimum date that has been allowed for date field.

Below program illustrates the Date min property:
Example 1: Getting the minimum date allowed for a date field.

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Input Date min Property in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Input Date min Property</h2> 
    <br> 
  
      
  
<p>The range of date accepted is between 2019-02-18 and 2019-02-20: 
        <input type="date" id="Test_Date" min="2019-02-18" max="2019-02-20"> 
  
          
  
<p>To return the min range of the date field, 
          double click the "Return Min" button.</p> 
  
  
  
        <button ondblclick="My_Date()">Return Min</button> 
  
        <p id="test"></p> 
  
  
  
        <script> 
            function My_Date() { 
                var d = document.getElementById("Test_Date").min; 
                document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = d; 
            } 
        </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>                                           

Output:
Before:

After clicking the button:

Example-2: Below code sets the Input Date min property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Input Date min Property in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Input Date min Property</h2> 
    <br>: 
        <input type="date" 
               id="Test_Date" 
               min="2019-02-18" 
               max="2019-02-20"> 
  
          
  
<p>To set  the min range of the date field, 
        double click the "Set Min" button.</p> 
  
  
  
        <button ondblclick="My_Date()">Set Min</button> 
  
        <p id="test"></p> 
  
  
  
        <script> 
            function My_Date() { 
                var d = document.getElementById("Test_Date").min =  
                    "2019-01-01"; 
                document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = d; 
            } 
        </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>