HTML | DOM Input Date value Property

Last Updated : 24 Nov, 2022

The Input Date value property is used for setting or returning the value of the value attribute of a date field.
The Input Date value attribute can be used for specifying a date for the date field.
Syntax:

For returning the value property:

inputdateObject.value

For setting the value property:

inputdateObject.value = YYYY-MM-DD

Property Value:

YYYY-MM-DD :It is used to specify the date.
- YYYY: It specifies the year.
- MM: It specifies the month.
- DD: It specifies the day of the month.

Return Value: It returns a string value which specify the value of date for the date field.

Below program illustrates the Date value property :
Example 1: Setting a date for a datetime field.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>Input Date value 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 value Property</h2>
    <br> Date Of Birth:
    <input type="date" id="Test_Date">
 
<p>To set a date for the date field,
      double-click the "Set Date" button.</p>
 
    <button ondblclick="My_Date()">Set Date</button>
 
    <p id="test"></p>
 
    <script>
        function My_Date() {
            document.getElementById("Test_Date").value = "2019-02-04";
        }
    </script>
 
</body>

Output:

After clicking the button

Example-2: Below code returns a date value property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>Input Date value 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 value Property</h2>
    <br> Date Of Birth:
    <input type="date" id="Test_Date" value="2013-12-12">
 
<p>To return a date for the date field,
    double-click the "Set Date" button.</p>
 
    <button ondblclick="My_Date()">Return Date</button>
 
    <p id="test"></p>
 
    <script>
        function My_Date() {
        var g =    document.getElementById("Test_Date").value;
        document.getElementById('test').innerHTML= g;
             
        }
    </script>
 
</body>