/datepickr

The do it yourself date picker

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Datepickr

The do it yourself date picker. It makes as no assumptions how it's shown on the page. See demo.

  • Need to show/hide it on an input field? Do it yourself.
  • Need to have it insert one date after selection? Do it yourself.
  • Need nice formatted dates after selection? Do it yourself.

Usage

<div id='datepickr'></div>

<script>
    var el = document.getElementById('datepickr');
    new Datepickr(el, function(res) {
       // console.log(res);
    });
</script>

API

new Datepickr(element, callback, options);

The callback returns an array of arrayed dates whenever a date is selected.

[
    [1412481600000,1],
    [1413864000000,1],
    [1413950400000,1],
    [1414468800000,1]
]

The first field value is a timestamp along with 1 or 0.5 depending on whether halfdays are enabled as an option or not.

Option Default Value Description
weekdays An array of weekday strings in English Option for translation
months An array of month strings in English Option for translation
startYear Current year Start the date picker on a particular year
startMonth Current month Start the date picker on a particular month
minDate null a timestamp representing a maximum date the pager should page
maxDate null a timestamp representing a minimum date the pager should page
halfDay false Enables halfday selection of dates
omitPast false Prevent selecting days in the past
omitFuture false Prevent selecting days in the future
omitWeekends false Prevent selecting weekends
omitDays Empty array Pass a timestamp array of dates to prevent the selection of
activeDays Empty array Pass an array of arrayed dates ie. [[[1413950400000,1],[1414468800000,0.5] that are auto selected on load
utc false Should date output be interpreted as UTC
singleSelection false Limit days selection to one day.

To see examples of each option see the demos.

Adding/Removing options after initialization.

var pickr = new Datepickr(el);
pickr.options({
    halfDay: true
});

Use with node or browserify.

// npm install datepickr
var datepickr = require('datepickr')

datepickr(el, function(res) {
  console.log(res);
});

Developing

npm install && npm start

Building

npm run build

Credits

Code originally based off of datepickr.