HTML | DOM Input DatetimeLocal stepDown() Method

The Input DatetimeLocal stepDown() method in HTML DOM is used to decrements the value of the Local datetime field by a specified number. It can only be used on the Minutes. Years, months, days, hours, seconds or milliseconds are not affected by the stepDown() method.

Syntax

datetimelocalObject.stepDown(number)

Parameters: It contains single parameter number which is used to specify the amount of minutes the local datetime field should decrease.

Below program illustrates the DatetimeLocal stepDown method in HTML DOM:

Example: This example use stepDown() method to decrease the value of minutes by 2.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
      
<head>  
    <title> 
        Input DatetimeLocal stepDown() Method 
    </title>  
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
  
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>  
      
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact;"> 
        Input DatetimeLocal stepDown() Method 
    </h2> 
      
    <input type="datetime-local" id="test_DatetimeLocal"> 
      
    <p> 
        To decrease the value of the datetimeLocal field 
        by 2minutes, double click the "Update" button. 
    </p> 
      
    <button ondblclick="My_DatetimeLocal()"> 
        Update 
    </button> 
      
    <!-- Script to use stepDown() method -->
    <script> 
        function My_DatetimeLocal() { 
            document.getElementById("test_DatetimeLocal").stepDown(2); 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>                     

Output:

After clicking the button

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by Input DatetimeLocal stepDown() method are listed below:

Apple Safari
Internet Explorer 12.0
Google Chrome
Opera

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