Components / Date Inputs / DatePicker

Forms Support

You can use the DatePicker in Template-driven and Reactive forms.

Template-Driven Forms

The template-driven forms enable you to bind the DatePicker to the model by using the ngModel directive.

The following example demonstrates how to use the DatePicker in template-driven forms.

export interface User {
       birthDate: Date;
   }

   @Component({
       selector: 'my-app',
       template: `
           <form #form="ngForm">
               <div class="example-config">
                   <p>The selected birth date is <strong>{{ user.birthDate | kendoDate: 'M/d/yyyy' }}</strong></p>
                   <p *ngIf="!form.valid">
                       Only values between 1/1/1917 and 12/31/2000 are valid!
                   </p>
               </div>
               <label>
                   Select Birthdate:
                   <kendo-datepicker
                       name="birthDate"
                       [(ngModel)]="user.birthDate"
                       [min]="min"
                       [max]="max"
                   ></kendo-datepicker>
               </label>
           </form>
       `
   })
   class AppComponent implements OnInit {
       public user: User;
       public min: Date = new Date(1917, 0, 1);
       public max: Date = new Date(2000, 11, 31);
       ngOnInit() {
           this.user = {
               birthDate: new Date(1990, 0, 1)
           };
       }
   }

Reactive Forms

The FormGroup decorator provides a way to render reactive forms. For more details, refer to the Angular documentation.

The following example demonstrates how to use the DatePicker in a reactive form.

import {
       FormsModule,
       ReactiveFormsModule,
       FormGroup,
       FormControl
   } from '@angular/forms';

   @Component({
       selector: 'my-app',
       template: `
           <form [formGroup]="myForm">
               <div class="example-config">
                   <p>The form is valid: <strong>{{myForm.controls.birthDate.valid}}</strong></p>
                   <p>The form.birthDate value is: <strong>{{myForm.controls.birthDate.value | kendoDate: 'M/d/yyyy'}}</strong></p>
                   <p *ngIf="!myForm.valid">
                       Only values between 1/1/1917 and 12/31/2000 are valid!
                   </p>
                   <p>
                        Errors: {{ myForm.controls.birthDate.errors | json }}
                    </p>
               </div>

               <label>
                   Select Birthdate:
                   <kendo-datepicker
                       formControlName="birthDate"
                       [min]="min"
                       [max]="max"
                       required
                   ></kendo-datepicker>
               </label>
           </form>
       `
   })
   class AppComponent {
       public min: Date = new Date(1917, 0, 1);
       public max: Date = new Date(2000, 11, 31);

       public myForm: FormGroup = new FormGroup({
           birthDate: new FormControl(new Date(2000, 10, 10))
       });
   }

FormField Association

The following example demonstrates the usage of the DatePicker within a FormField with hint and error messages.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FormGroup, FormControl, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
import { getDate, addMonths } from '@progress/kendo-date-math';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    template: `
        <div class="example">
            <form class="k-form" [formGroup]="form">
                <kendo-formfield>
                    <kendo-label [for]="appointment" text="Appointment Date"></kendo-label>
                    <kendo-datepicker
                        #appointment
                        [formControlName]="'appointment'"
                        [min]="min"
                        [max]="max"
                    >
                    </kendo-datepicker>
                    <kendo-formhint>Select a date in the next three months</kendo-formhint>
                    <kendo-formerror>
                        <span *ngIf="!appointment.value">Required</span>
                        <span *ngIf="appointment.value && (appointment.value < min || appointment.value > max)">
                            The selected date is outside the allowed period
                        </span>
                    </kendo-formerror>
                </kendo-formfield>
            </form>
        </div>
    `,
    styles: [`
        .example {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
        }
        .k-form {
            width: 400px;
        }
    `]
})
export class AppComponent {
    public form: FormGroup = new FormGroup({
        appointment: new FormControl(null, Validators.required)
    });

    public min: Date = getDate(new Date());
    public max: Date = addMonths(getDate(new Date()), 3);
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { DateInputsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-dateinputs';
import { InputsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-inputs';
import { LabelModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-label';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        DateInputsModule,
        ReactiveFormsModule,
        InputsModule,
        LabelModule
    ]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();

const platform = platformBrowserDynamic();
platform.bootstrapModule(AppModule);

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