jQuery UI date pickers

The datepicker is tied to a standard form input field. Focus on the input (click, or use the tab key) to open an interactive calendar in a small overlay. Choose a date, click elsewhere on the page (blur the input), or hit the Esc key to close. If a date is chosen, feedback is shown as the input's value.

Examples

Default Functionality

Choose a date, click elsewhere on the page (blur the input), or hit the Esc key to close. If a date is chosen, feedback is shown as the input's value.

Animations

Use different animations when opening or closing the datepicker. Choose an animation from the dropdown, then click on the input to see its effect. You can use one of the three standard animations or any of the UI Effects.

Dates In Other Months

The datepicker can show dates that come from other than the main month being displayed. These other dates can also be made selectable.

Display Button Bar

Display a button for selecting Today's date and a Done button for closing the calendar with the boolean showButtonPanel option. Each button is enabled by default when the bar is displayed, but can be turned off with additional options. Button text is customizable.

Display Month & Year Menu

Show month and year dropdowns in place of the static month/year header to facilitate navigation through large time frames. Add the boolean changeMonth and changeYear options.

Display Multiple Months

Set the numberOfMonths option to an integer of 2 or more to show multiple months in a single datepicker.

Display Inline

Display the datepicker embedded in the page instead of in an overlay. Simply call .datepicker() on a div instead of an input.

Examples

Constrain Input

When true, entry in the input field is constrained to those characters allowed by the current dateFormat option.

Year Range

The range of years displayed in the year drop-down: either relative to today's year ("-nn:+nn"), relative to the currently selected year ("c-nn:c+nn"), absolute ("nnnn:nnnn"), or combinations of these formats ("nnnn:-nn"). Note that this option only affects what appears in the drop-down, to restrict which dates may be selected use the minDate and/or maxDate options.

Step Months

Set how many months to move when clicking the previous/next links. Currently its set to step 3 months. Default is 1.

Formate Date

Display date feedback in a variety of ways. Choose a date format from the dropdown, then click on the input and select a date to see it in that format.

Icon Trigger

Click the icon next to the input field to show the datepicker. Set the datepicker to open on focus (default behavior), on icon click, or both.

Populate Alternate Field

Populate an alternate field with its own date format whenever a date is selected using the altField and altFormat options. This feature could be used to present a human-friendly date for user selection, while passing a more computer-friendly date through for further processing.

Restrict Date Range

Restrict the range of selectable dates with the minDate and maxDate options. Set the beginning and end dates as actual dates (new Date(2009, 1 - 1, 26)), as a numeric offset from today (-20), or as a string of periods and units ('+1M +10D'). For the last, use 'D' for days, 'W' for weeks, 'M' for months, or 'Y' for years.

Show Week Of The Year

The datepicker can show the week of the year. The default calculation follows the ISO 8601 definition: the week starts on Monday, the first week of the year contains the first Thursday of the year. This means that some days from one year may be placed into weeks 'belonging' to another year.

Select A Date Range