HTML | DOM Input Date value Property

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 25 Apr, 2019

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.

Below program illustrates the Date value property :

Setting a date for a datetime field.

<!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

Supported Web Browsers:

Apple Safari
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Google Chrome
Opera

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