Date Formatting Tokens
Character | Description | Example |
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d | Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | 01 to 31 |
D | A textual representation of a day | Mon through Sun |
l (lowercase ‘L’) | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday through Saturday |
j | Day of the month without leading zeros | 1 to 31 |
J | Day of the month without leading zeros and ordinal suffix | 1st, 2nd, to 31st |
w | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
W | Numeric representation of the week | 0 (first week of the year) through 52 (last week of the year) |
F | A full textual representation of a month | January through December |
m | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zero | 01 through 12 |
n | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
M | A short textual representation of a month | Jan through Dec |
U | The number of seconds since the Unix Epoch | 1413704993 |
y | A two-digit representation of a year | 99 or 03 |
Y | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits | 1999 or 2003 |
Z | ISO Date format | 2017-03-04T01:23:43.000Z |
Time Formatting Tokens
Character | Description | Example |
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H | Hours (24 hours) | 00 to 23 |
h | Hours | 1 to 12 |
G | Hours, 2 digits with leading zeros | 1 to 12 |
i | Minutes | 00 to 59 |
S | Seconds, 2 digits | 00 to 59 |
s | Seconds | 0, 1 to 59 |
K | AM/PM | AM or PM |
Advanced Configuration
Paymattic Date and Time field use flatpickr JS library; for advanced users, you can provide the config object in the field’s advanced settings.
Adding the First Day of Week Date
Now, you can add the start of the week date. You can do this with the help of a custom code; use the code given below:
{
"locale": {
"firstDayOfWeek": 1 // start week on Monday
}
}
Available Options
Config Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
altFormat | String | “F j, Y” | Exactly the same as date format, but for the altInput field |
altInput | Boolean | false | Show the user a readable date (as per altFormat), but return something totally different to the server. |
altInputClass | String | “” | This class will be added to the input element created by the altInput option. Note that altInput already inherits classes from the original input. |
allowInput | Boolean | false | Allows the user to enter a date directly input the input field. By default, direct entry is disabled. |
appendTo | HTMLElement | null | Instead of body , appends the calendar to the specified node instead*. |
ariaDateFormat | String | “F j, Y” | Defines how the date will be formatted in the aria-label for calendar days, using the same tokens as dateFormat . If you change this, you should choose a value that will make sense if a screen reader reads it out loud. |
clickOpens | Boolean | true | Whether clicking on the input should open the picker. You could disable this if you wish to open the calendar manually with.open() |
dateFormat | String | “Y-m-d” | A string of characters which are used to define how the date will be displayed in the input box. The supported characters are defined in the table below. |
defaultDate | String | null | Sets the initial selected date(s).If you’re using mode: "multiple" or a range calendar supply an Array of Date objects or an Array of date strings which follow your dateFormat .Otherwise, you can supply a single Date object or a date string. |
defaultHour | Number | 12 | Initial value of the hour element. |
defaultMinute | Number | 0 | Initial value of the minute element. |
disable | Array | [] | See Disabling dates |
disableMobile | Boolean | false | Set disableMobile to true to always use the non-native picker.By default, flatpickr utilizes native datetime widgets unless certain options (e.g. disable) are used. |
enable | Array | [] | See Enabling dates |
enableTime | Boolean | false | Enables time picker |
enableSeconds | Boolean | false | Enables seconds in the time picker. |
formatDate | Function | null | Allows using a custom date formatting function instead of the built-in handling for date formats using dateFormat , altFormat , etc. |
hourIncrement | Integer | 1 | Adjusts the step for the hour input (incl. scrolling) |
inline | Boolean | false | Displays the calendar inline |
maxDate | String/Date | null | The maximum date that a user can pick to (inclusive). |
minDate | String/Date | null | The minimum date that a user can start picking from (inclusive). |
minuteIncrement | Integer | 5 | Adjusts the step for the minute input (incl. scrolling) |
mode | String | “single” | "single" , "multiple" , or "range" |
nextArrow | String | > | HTML for the arrow icon, used to switch months. |
noCalendar | Boolean | false | Hides the day selection in calendar. Use it along with enableTime to create a time picker. |
onChange | Function, [functions] | null | Function(s) to trigger on every date selection. See Events API |
onClose | Function, [functions] | null | Function(s) to trigger on every time the calendar is closed. See Events API |
onOpen | Function, [functions] | null | Function(s) to trigger on every time the calendar is opened. See Events API |
onReady | Function, [functions] | null | Function to trigger when the calendar is ready. See Events API |
parseDate | Function | false | Function that expects a date string and must return a Date object |
position | String | “auto” | Where the calendar is rendered relative to the input."auto" , "above" or "below" |
prevArrow | String | < | HTML for the left arrow icon. |
shorthandCurrentMonth | Boolean | false | Show the month using the shorthand version (ie, Sep instead of September). |
showMonths | Integer | 1 | The number of months showed. |
static | Boolean | false | Position the calendar inside the wrapper and next to the input element*. |
time_24hr | boolean | false | Displays time picker in 24-hour mode without AM/PM selection when enabled. |
weekNumbers | Boolean | false | Enables display of week numbers in the calendar. |
wrap | Boolean | false | Custom elements and input groups |