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Messages

configuration

The messages that DateInput uses. Use it to customize or localize the placeholders of each date/time part.

messages

Object

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages:{
        "year": "year",
        "month": "month",
        "day": "day",
        "weekday": "day of the week",
        "hour": "hours",
        "minute": "minutes",
        "second": "seconds",
        "dayperiod": "AM/PM"
    }
});
</script>

messages.day

String

The placeholder for the day of the month part.

Default: "day"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "day": "Select day"
    }
});
</script>

messages.dayperiod

String

The placeholder for the AM/PM part.

Default: "AM/PM"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "dayperiod": "AM/PM"
    }
});
</script>

messages.hour

String

The placeholder for the hours part.

Default: "hours"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "hour": "Enter hour"
    }
});
</script>

messages.minute

String

The placeholder for the minutes part.

Default: "minutes"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "minute": "Enter minutes"
    }
});
</script>

messages.month

String

The placeholder for the months part.

Default: "month"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "month": "Select month"
    }
});
</script>

messages.second

String

The placeholder for the seconds part.

Default: "seconds"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "second": "Enter seconds"
    }
});
</script>

messages.weekday

String

The placeholder for the day of the week part.

Default: "day of the week"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "weekday": "Choose weekday"
    }
});
</script>

messages.year

String

The placeholder for the years part.

Default: "year"

<input id="dateinput" />
<script>
$("#dateinput").kendoDateInput({
    messages: {
        "year": "Select year"
    }
});
</script>