element-plus/docs/en-US/component/date-picker.md

DatePicker

Use Date Picker for date input.

Enter Date

Basic date picker measured by 'day'.

:::demo The measurement is determined by the type attribute. You can enable quick options via shortcuts property. The disabled date is set by disabledDate, which is a function.

date-picker/enter-date

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Other measurements

You can choose week, month, year or multiple dates by extending the standard date picker component.

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date-picker/other-measurements

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Date Range

Picking a date range is supported.

:::demo When in range mode, the left and right panels are linked by default. If you want the two panels to switch current months independently, you can use the unlink-panels attribute.

date-picker/date-range

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Month Range

Picking a month range is supported.

:::demo When in range mode, the left and right panels are linked by default. If you want the two panels to switch current years independently, you can use the unlink-panels attribute.

date-picker/month-range

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Default Value

If user hasn't picked a date, shows today's calendar by default. You can use default-value to set another date. Its value should be parsable by new Date().

If type is daterange, default-value sets the left side calendar.

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date-picker/default-value

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Date Formats

Use format to control displayed text's format in the input box. Use value-format to control binding value's format.

By default, the component accepts and emits a Date object.

Check the list here of all available formats of Day.js.

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Pay attention to capitalization

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date-picker/date-formats

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Default time for start date and end date

When picking a date range, you can assign the time part for start date and end date.

:::demo By default, the time part of start date and end date are both 00:00:00. Setting default-time can change their time respectively. It accepts an array of up to two Date objects. The first string sets the time for the start date, and the second for the end date.

date-picker/default-time

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Localization

The default locale of is English, if you need to use other languages, please check Internationalization

Note, date time locale (month name, first day of the week ...) are also configured in localization.

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
model-value / v-model	binding value	date(DatePicker) / array(DateRangePicker)	—	—
readonly	whether DatePicker is read only	boolean	—	false
disabled	whether DatePicker is disabled	boolean	—	false
size	size of Input	string	large/medium/small/mini	large
editable	whether the input is editable	boolean	—	true
clearable	whether to show clear button	boolean	—	true
placeholder	placeholder in non-range mode	string	—	—
start-placeholder	placeholder for the start date in range mode	string	—	—
end-placeholder	placeholder for the end date in range mode	string	—	—
type	type of the picker	string	year/month/date/dates/datetime/ week/datetimerange/daterange/ monthrange	date
format	format of the displayed value in the input box	string	see date formats	YYYY-MM-DD
popper-class	custom class name for DatePicker's dropdown	string	—	—
range-separator	range separator	string	—	'-'
default-value	optional, default date of the calendar	Date	anything accepted by new Date()	—
default-time	optional, the time value to use when selecting date range	Date[]	Array with length 2, each item is a Date. The first item for the start date and then second item for the end date	—
value-format	optional, format of binding value. If not specified, the binding value will be a Date object	string	see date formats	—
name	same as name in native input	string	—	—
unlink-panels	unlink two date-panels in range-picker	boolean	—	false
prefix-icon	Custom prefix icon class	string	—	el-icon-date
clear-icon	Custom clear icon class	string	—	el-icon-circle-close
validate-event	whether to trigger form validation	boolean	-	true
disabledDate	a function determining if a date is disabled with that date as its parameter. Should return a Boolean	function	—	—
shortcuts	an object array to set shortcut options	object[{ text: string, value: date / function }]	—	—

Events

Event Name	Description	Parameters
change	triggers when user confirms the value	component's binding value
blur	triggers when Input blurs	component instance
focus	triggers when Input focuses	component instance
calendar-change	triggers when the calendar selected date is changed. Only for daterange	[Date, Date]

Methods

Method	Description	Parameters
focus	focus the Input component	—

Slots

Name	Description
range-separator	custom range separator content