react-native-ui-datepicker

DateTimePicker component for React Native that allows you to create a customizable datetime picker. The component uses extensive set of props that allows you to customizing the calendar based on your own UI design. Please visit demo.

Features

• 📅 Supports different selection modes: single, range, and multiple days.
• 🌿 Unstyled by default, every component is minimally styled and fully customizable.
• 🛠️ Extensive set of props for fine-tuned calendar customization.
• 🎨 Fully compatible with NativeWind.
• 🌎 Easily localizable into any language.
• 🕗 Handles different time zones seamlessly.
• ⚙️ Customizable components allow extending rendered elements.
• ⚡ Fast & lightweight, only re-renders the elements that actually change.

Installation

npm install react-native-ui-datepicker

Or

yarn add react-native-ui-datepicker

Basic Usage

1. Import the component and default styles or classNames from react-native-ui-datepicker.
2. Choose a selection mode using the mode prop. The available modes are: single, range, and multiple.

import { useState } from  'react';
import DateTimePicker, { DateType } from 'react-native-ui-datepicker';

export function Calendar() {
  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<DateType>();

  return (
    <DateTimePicker
      mode="single"
      date={selected}
      onChange={({ date }) =>  setSelected(date)}
    />
  );
}

Calendar Base Props

Name	Type	Description
mode	"single" | "range" | "multiple"	Defines the DatePicker mode.
minDate	DateType	Defines the minimum selectable date in the DatePicker.
maxDate	DateType	Defines the maximum selectable date in the DatePicker.
disabledDates	DateType[] | (date: DateType) => boolean	Defines an array of disabled dates or a function that returns true for disabled dates.
firstDayOfWeek	number	Defines the first day of the week: 0-6 (0 = Sunday, 6 = Saturday).
initialView	"day" | "month" | "year" | "time"	Defines the initial view of the DatePicker
month	number	Defines the currently selected month.
year	number	Defines the currently selected year.
onMonthChange	(month: number) => void	Callback function triggered when the current month changes.
onYearChange	(year: number) => void	Callback function triggered when the current year changes.

Example

export function Calendar() {
  let today = new Date();
  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<DateType>();

  return (
    <DateTimePicker
      mode="single"
      date={selected}
      onChange={({ date }) =>  setSelected(date)}
      firstDayOfWeek={6} // Set Saturday to be first day of week
      minDate={today}
      disabledDates={(date) => [0, 6].includes(dayjs(date).day())} // Disable weekends
    />
  );
}

Single Mode props

Name	Type	Description
date	DateType	Specifies the currently selected date.
onChange	({date}) => void	Callback function triggered when the date change.
timePicker	boolean	Whether to enable the time picker.

Range Mode props

Name	Type	Description
startDate	DateType	Defines the start date for a range selection.
endDate	DateType	Defines the end date for a range selection.
onChange	({startDate, endDate}) => void	Callback function triggered when the start and end change.
min	number	Defines the minimum allowed nights.
max	number	Defines the maximum allowed nights.

Multiple Mode props

Name	Type	Description
dates	DateType[]	Defines the selected dates for multiple date selection.
onChange	({dates}) => void	Callback function triggered when the dates change.
max	number	Defines the maximum allowed days to select.
multiRangeMode	boolean	Whether to display selecting multiple dates in a range row.

Customization

Name	Type	Description
showOutsideDays	boolean	Whether to show the days of the previous and next months.
navigationPosition	"around" | "right" | "left"	Defines the position of the navigation.
containerHeight	number	Defines the height of the calendar days container.
weekdaysHeight	number	Defines the height of the weekdays row.
weekdaysFormat	"short" | "full" | "min"	Defines the format for displaying weekdays.
monthsFormat	"short" | "full"	Defines the format for displaying months.
monthCaptionFormat	"short" | "full"	Defines the format for displaying the month caption.
hideHeader	boolean	Whether to hide the calendar header.
hideWeekdays	boolean	Whether to hide the weekdays row.
disableMonthPicker	boolean	Whether to disable the month picker.
disableYearPicker	boolean	Whether to disable the year picker.

Styling

DateTimePicker comes with a minimal style, making it easy to extend and customize according to your needs.

Name	Type	Description
style	ViewStyle	style for the calendar container.
className	string	className for the calendar container.
styles	Styles	Custom styles for specific components inside the calendar.
classNames	ClassNames	Custom classNames for specific components inside the calendar.

Custom Styles

Use the styles prop to apply custom styles instead of the default ones.

These styles are mapped to the values of the UI Theme enums.

import DateTimePicker, { getDefaultStyles } from 'react-native-ui-datepicker';

export function Calendar() {
  const defaultStyles = getDefaultStyles();

  return (
    <DateTimePicker
      styles={{
        ...defaultStyles,
        today: { borderColor: 'blue', borderWidth: 1 }, // Add a border to today's date
        selected: { backgroundColor: 'blue' }, // Highlight the selected day
        selected_label: { color: 'white' }, // Highlight the selected day label
      }}
    />
  );
}

NativeWind (Tailwind CSS)

If you're using NativeWind in your project, apply Tailwind CSS class names to style the calendar. Use the classNames prop to apply custom class names instead of the default ones.

These class names are mapped to the values of the UI Theme enums.

import DateTimePicker, { getDefaultClassNames } from 'react-native-ui-datepicker';

export function Calendar() {
  const defaultClassNames = getDefaultClassNames();

  return (
    <DateTimePicker
      classNames={{
        ...defaultClassNames,
        today: 'border-amber-500', // Add a border to today's date
        selected: 'bg-amber-500 border-amber-500', // Highlight the selected day
        selected_label: "text-white", // Highlight the selected day label
        day: `${defaultClassNames.day} hover:bg-amber-100`, // Change background color on hover
        disabled: 'opacity-50', // Make disabled dates appear more faded
      }}
    />
  );
}

Time Zones

Use the timeZone prop to set the time zone for the calendar.

Name	Type	Description
timeZone	string	Defines the timezone for the DatePicker.

The time zone can be set using either an IANA time zone identifier or a UTC offset.

<DateTimePicker timeZone="UTC" /> // Use Coordinated Universal Time
<DateTimePicker timeZone="Asia/Tokyo" /> //  Use Japan Standard Time (JST)
<DateTimePicker timeZone="+03:00" /> // Use UTC+3

Localization

DateTimePicker offers multiple options to customize the calendar for different languages.

Name	Type	Description
locale	string	Defines the locale of the DateTimePicker. Default is en
numerals	Numerals	Specifies the numeral system to use (e.g., Arabic, Persian).

Custom Components

Use the components prop to replace the default rendered elements with your own custom components.

Name	Type	Description
components	CalendarComponents	Custom components to replace default calendar elements.

Implementing a Custom Component

Pass the custom components to the components prop. Refer to the list below for available custom components.

import DateTimePicker, {
  CalendarDay,
  CalendarMonth,
  CalendarComponents,
} from 'react-native-ui-datepicker';

const components: CalendarComponents = {
  Day: (day: CalendarDay) => <YourCustomDay day={day} />,
  Month: (month: CalendarMonth) => <YourCustomMonth month={month} />
  // etc
};

export function Calendar() {
  return (
      <DateTimePicker
        components={components}
      />
  );
}

List of Custom Components

Name	Type	Description
Day	(day: CalendarDay) => React.ReactNode	The component containing the day in the days grid.
Month	(month: CalendarMonth) => React.ReactNode	The component containing the month in the months grid.
Year	(year: CalendarYear) => React.ReactNode	The component containing the year in the years grid.
Weekday	(weekday: CalendarWeek) => React.ReactNode	The component containing the weekday in the header.
IconPrev	React.ReactNode	The previous month/year button icon in the header.
IconNext	React.ReactNode	The next month button/year icon in the header.

List of Numeral Systems

Name	Description
latn	Western Latin.
arab	Standard Arabic.
arabext	Eastern Arabic-Indic (Persian).
deva	Devanagari, used in Indian languages.
beng	Bengali, used in Bengali and Assamese.
guru	Gurmukhi, used in Punjab, India.
gujr	Gujarati, used in Gujarat, India.
orya	Odia, used in Odisha, India.
tamldec	Tamil, used in Tamil-speaking regions.
telu	Telugu, used in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
knda	Kannada, used in Karnataka, India.
mlym	Malayalam, used in Kerala, India.

License

MIT. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a PR.