HTML | DOM Input Datetime Object

Last Updated : 31 Aug, 2022

The Input Datetime Object in HTML DOM is used to represent an HTML input element with type= "datetime". The input element with type= "datetime" can be accessed by using getElementById() method.

Syntax:

It is used to access input Datetime object.

document.getElementById("id");

It is used to create input element.

document.createElement("input");

Input Datetime Object Properties:

Property	Description
type	This property is used to return which type of form element the Datetime field is.
value	This property is used to set or return the value of the value attribute of a Datetime field.
autocomplete	This property is used to set or return the value of the autocomplete attribute of a Datetime field.
autofocus	This property is used to set or return the Datetime field get focus automatically when the page loads.
defaultValue	This property is used to set or return the default value of a Datetime field.
disabled	This property is used to set or return whether a Datetime field is disabled or not.
form	This property is used to return reference to the form that contains the Datetime field.
list	This property is used to return a reference to the datalist that contains the Datetime field.
max	This property is used to set or return the value of the max attribute of a Datetime field.
min	This property is used to set or return the value of the min attribute of a Datetime field.
name	This property is used to set or return the value of the name attribute of a Datetime field.
placeholder	This property is used to set or return the value of the placeholder attribute of a Datetime field.
readOnly	This property is used to set or return whether the Datetime field is read-only or not.
required	This property is used to set or return whether the Datetime field must be filled out before submitting a form.
step	This property is used to set or return the value of the step attribute of a Datetime field.

Input Datetime Object Methods:

Method	Description
select()	This method is used to select Datetime text field content.
stepDown()	This method is used to decrement the value of the input Datetime by a specified number.
stepUp()	This method is used to increment the value of the input Datetime by a specified number.

Example-1: Return date time using "document.getElementById("id");".

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>

    <body style="text-align:center;">

        <h1 style="color:green;">   
            GeeksForGeeks   
        </h1>

        <h2>DOM Input Datetime Object</h2>

        <input type="datetime" 
               id="myDatetime"
               value="2018-02-07 10:15 AM ">

        <p>Click the button to get the date and time of the datetime field.</p>

        <button onclick="myFunction()">
          Click Here!
      </button>

        <p id="demo"></p>

        <script>
            function myFunction() {
               
                // Get datetime value.
                var x =
                    document.getElementById(
                      "myDatetime").value;
              
                document.getElementById(
                  "demo").innerHTML = x;
            }
        </script>

    </body>

</html>

Output: Before click on the button: After click on the button: Example-2: Create "datetime" element

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body style="text-align:center;">

    <h1 style="color:green;">   
            GeeksForGeeks   
        </h1>

    <h2>DOM Input Datetime Object</h2>

    <p>
      Click the button to create a Datetime field.
  </p>

    <button onclick="myFunction()">
      Click Here!
  </button>

    <script>
        function myFunction() {
          
            // Create datetime element and 
            // set attributes.
            var x = document.createElement("INPUT");
          
            x.setAttribute("type", "datetime");
            x.setAttribute("value", "2018-02-07 10:15 AM");
            document.body.appendChild(x);
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output: Before click on the button: After click on the button: Note: The <input type="datetime"> element does not show any datetime field/calendar in any major browsers, except Safari.