What is react-datepicker?
The react-datepicker npm package is a simple and reusable date-picker component for React applications. It allows users to select dates and date ranges with ease and provides various customization options to suit different needs.
What are react-datepicker's main functionalities?
Basic date selection
This feature allows users to select a single date. The DatePicker component is imported and used within a React component, with state management to handle the selected date.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
function App() {
const [startDate, setStartDate] = useState(new Date());
return (
<DatePicker selected={startDate} onChange={date => setStartDate(date)} />
);
}
export default App;
Date range selection
This feature enables users to select a date range. The DatePicker component is configured to allow range selection, and the state is managed for both the start and end dates.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
function App() {
const [startDate, setStartDate] = useState(new Date());
const [endDate, setEndDate] = useState(new Date());
return (
<DatePicker
selectsRange={true}
startDate={startDate}
endDate={endDate}
onChange={dates => {
const [start, end] = dates;
setStartDate(start);
setEndDate(end);
}}
/>
);
}
export default App;
Custom date format
This feature allows customization of the date format displayed in the date picker. The dateFormat prop is used to specify the desired date format.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
function App() {
const [startDate, setStartDate] = useState(new Date());
return (
<DatePicker
selected={startDate}
onChange={date => setStartDate(date)}
dateFormat='yyyy/MM/dd'
/>
);
}
export default App;
Inline calendar
This feature displays the date picker as an inline calendar, rather than a dropdown. The inline prop is set to true to enable this mode.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
function App() {
const [startDate, setStartDate] = useState(new Date());
return (
<DatePicker
inline
selected={startDate}
onChange={date => setStartDate(date)}
/>
);
}
export default App;
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React Date Picker
A simple and reusable Datepicker component for React (Demo)
Installation
The package can be installed via NPM:
npm install react-datepicker --save
You’ll need to install React and Moment.js separately since those dependencies aren’t included in the package. Below is a simple example on how to use the Datepicker in a React view. You will also need to require the css file from this package (or provide your own). The example below shows how to include the css from this package if your build system supports requiring css files (webpack is one that does).
var React = require('react');
var DatePicker = require('react-datepicker');
var moment = require('moment');
require('react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css');
var Example = React.createClass({
displayName: 'Example',
getInitialState: function() {
return {
startDate: moment()
};
},
handleChange: function(date) {
this.setState({
startDate: date
});
},
render: function() {
return <DatePicker
selected={this.state.startDate}
onChange={this.handleChange} />;
}
});
Configuration
The default Datepicker can be initialised by:
<DatePicker
selected={this.state.startDate}
onChange={this.handleChange} />
This included the Datepicker with its default functionality. To use more functionality you can pass extra props to the Datepicker to enable them.
- Change date format by passing a different date format in the props:
dateFormat: “YYYY/MM/DD”
- Add placeholder text:
placeholderText: 'Click to select a date'
(Defaults to the selected date when no placeholder text is added) - Give users a predefined date range:
minDate: moment()
& maxDate: moment().add(5, 'days')
(this gives users the ability to select a date between today and 5 days in the future) - Exclude a set of dates from those that are selectable:
excludeDates: [ moment(), moment('2015-01-01') ]
(prevent users from selecting today or Jan 1st, 2015) - Include a set of dates from those that are selectable:
includeDates: [ moment(), moment(‘2015-01-01’) ]
(allow users selecting only today or Jan 1st, 2015) - Set custom moment.js instance (could have defined custom locale settings):
moment: require('./foo/moment')
- Set custom locale settings for locale:
locale: 'cs'
- Set date format for calendar:
dateFormatCalendar: 'YYYY/MM/DD'
- Set custom weekdays (for locale days):
weekdays: ['Ne', 'Po', 'Út', 'St', 'Čt', 'Pá', 'So']
- Set custom calendar week start day:
weekStart: '0'
would start the week on Sunday
More information about the different ways to customise available at https://hacker0x01.github.io/react-datepicker.
Compatibility
We're always trying to stay compatible with the latest version of React. We can't support all older versions of React, since React is still < 1.0 and introducing breaking changes every release.
Latest compatible versions:
- React 0.14 or newer: All above React-datepicker v0.13.0
- React 0.13: React-datepicker v0.13.0
- pre React 0.13: React-datepicker v0.6.2
Local Development
The master
branch contains the latest version of the Datepicker component. To start your example app, you can run npm start
. This starts a simple webserver on http://localhost:8080. The server will automatically compile your changes, run tests and execute linters. To help you develop the component we’ve set up some tests that covers the basic functionality (can be found in /tests
). Even though we’re big fans of testing, this only covers a small piece of the component. We highly recommend you add tests when you’re adding new functionality.
The examples
The examples are hosted within the docs folder and are ran in the simple add that loads the Datepicker. To extend the examples with a new example, you can simply duplicate one of the existing examples and change the unique properties of your example.
License
Copyright (c) 2015 HackerOne Inc. and individual contributors. Licensed under MIT license, see LICENSE for the full license.