dateInput function

Create date input

Creates a text input which, when clicked on, brings up a calendar that the user can click on to select dates.

dateInput(
  inputId,
  label,
  value = NULL,
  min = NULL,
  max = NULL,
  format = "yyyy-mm-dd",
  startview = "month",
  weekstart = 0,
  language = "en",
  width = NULL,
  autoclose = TRUE,
  datesdisabled = NULL,
  daysofweekdisabled = NULL
)

Arguments

• inputId: The input slot that will be used to access the value.
• label: Display label for the control, or NULL for no label.
• value: The starting date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format. If NULL (the default), will use the current date in the client's time zone.
• min: The minimum allowed date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.
• max: The maximum allowed date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.
• format: The format of the date to display in the browser. Defaults to "yyyy-mm-dd".
• startview: The date range shown when the input object is first clicked. Can be "month" (the default), "year", or "decade".
• weekstart: Which day is the start of the week. Should be an integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).
• language: The language used for month and day names. Default is "en". Other valid values include "ar", "az", "bg", "bs", "ca", "cs", "cy", "da", "de", "el", "en-AU", "en-GB", "eo", "es", "et", "eu", "fa", "fi", "fo", "fr-CH", "fr", "gl", "he", "hr", "hu", "hy", "id", "is", "it-CH", "it", "ja", "ka", "kh", "kk", "ko", "kr", "lt", "lv", "me", "mk", "mn", "ms", "nb", "nl-BE", "nl", "no", "pl", "pt-BR", "pt", "ro", "rs-latin", "rs", "ru", "sk", "sl", "sq", "sr-latin", "sr", "sv", "sw", "th", "tr", "uk", "vi", "zh-CN", and "zh-TW".
• width: The width of the input, e.g. '400px', or '100%'; see validateCssUnit().
• autoclose: Whether or not to close the datepicker immediately when a date is selected.
• datesdisabled: Which dates should be disabled. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.
• daysofweekdisabled: Days of the week that should be disabled. Should be a integer vector with values from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).

Details

The date format string specifies how the date will be displayed in the browser. It allows the following values:

• yy Year without century (12)
• yyyy Year with century (2012)
• mm Month number, with leading zero (01-12)
• m Month number, without leading zero (1-12)
• M Abbreviated month name
• MM Full month name
• dd Day of month with leading zero
• d Day of month without leading zero
• D Abbreviated weekday name
• DD Full weekday name

Server value

A Date vector of length 1.

Examples

## Only run examples in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {

ui <- fluidPage(
  dateInput("date1", "Date:", value = "2012-02-29"),

  # Default value is the date in client's time zone
  dateInput("date2", "Date:"),

  # value is always yyyy-mm-dd, even if the display format is different
  dateInput("date3", "Date:", value = "2012-02-29", format = "mm/dd/yy"),

  # Pass in a Date object
  dateInput("date4", "Date:", value = Sys.Date()-10),

  # Use different language and different first day of week
  dateInput("date5", "Date:",
          language = "ru",
          weekstart = 1),

  # Start with decade view instead of default month view
  dateInput("date6", "Date:",
            startview = "decade"),

  # Disable Mondays and Tuesdays.
  dateInput("date7", "Date:", daysofweekdisabled = c(1,2)),

  # Disable specific dates.
  dateInput("date8", "Date:", value = "2012-02-29",
            datesdisabled = c("2012-03-01", "2012-03-02"))
)

shinyApp(ui, server = function(input, output) { })
}

See Also

dateRangeInput(), updateDateInput()

Other input elements: actionButton(), checkboxGroupInput(), checkboxInput(), dateRangeInput(), fileInput(), numericInput(), passwordInput(), radioButtons(), selectInput(), sliderInput(), submitButton(), textAreaInput(), textInput(), varSelectInput()