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>
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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>
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Before:
After double clicking the button:
Supported Web Browsers:
- Apple Safari
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Opera