Example
Change the legal day intervals:
document.getElementById("myDate").step = "2";
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Definition and Usage
The step property sets or returns the value of the step attribute of a date field.
The step attribute specifies the legal day intervals to choose from when the user opens the calendar in a date field.
For example, if step = "2", you can only select every second day in the calendar.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| step | Yes | 10.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: The <input type="date"> element does not show any date field/calendar in Firefox.
Syntax
Return the step property:
inputdateObject.step
Set the step property:
inputdateObject.step=number
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| number |
Specifies the legal day intervals. Default is 1 day. Examples: If step="2", you can only select every second day in the date calendar. If step="10", you can only select every tenth day in the date calendar. |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A Number, representing the legal day intervals |
|---|
More Examples
Example
Get the legal day intervals:
var x = document.getElementById("myDate").step;
The result of x will be:
5
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <input> step attribute
< Input Date Object