Date

What it does

The date component is designed to enter a date, without time. On the desktop, the component shows by default as a field with a linked date picker, with an option to enable the browser's native date picker as well. On mobile, the native date picker is used.

Basic usage

You use the date component like a regular input field, for example:

<fr:date ref="birth-date">
  <xf:label>Birth Date</xf:label>
</fr:date>

Datatype

fr:date must be bound to xs:date.

Configuration

fr:date supports parameters, which you can set via properties, Form Builder settings, or directly on fr:date.

Week start day

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 2022.1]

The week-start-day parameter allows you to specify the first day of the week:

• values: sunday or monday

• default: when not specified, the start day depends on the language (for example Sunday for English, Monday for French)

This is unspecified by default:

<property 
    as="xs:string" 
    name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.week-start-day.*.*" 
    value=""/>

Output format

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 2023.1.4]

The Date component adds an output-format parameter. This parameter can be used to override the global property at the control level, the form level, or via properties-local.xml with the following new property:

<property
    as="xs:string"
    name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.output-format"
    value=""/>

As usual, the property can use an app name and form name (with possible wildcards) to specify a default value for all controls in a given app/form:

<property
    as="xs:string"
    name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.output-format.acme.*"
    value="[H01]:[m]"/>

The value is in the same format as the global oxf.xforms.format.input.date property.

By default, the output-format parameter is not set, and the global oxf.xforms.format.input.date property is used for backward compatibility.

Browser date form control

On iOS, the native browser date form control is used by default, unless users enabled Request Desktop Website in Safari, in which case they will see the same behavior as they would on the desktop.

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 2023.1] As browser support for the native browser date form control on desktop has improved over the years, and since it is better supported by screen readers, you may want to use the native browser date form control not only on mobile but also on desktop. You can achieve this by setting the property below.

When doing so, the date format is determined by the browser based on the user's locale. Consequently, the properties oxf.xforms.format.input.date and oxf.xforms.format.output.date have no effect on the format of the native browser date form control.

<property 
    as="xs:string"  
    name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.native-picker.*.*"             
    value="always"/>

Native date picker on Chrome desktop

See also the native time picker.

Today's highlight

[UNTIL Orbeon Forms 2024.1], today's date was not highlighted in the datepicker. [SINCE Orbeon Forms 2024.1], today's date is highlighted by default. You can disable this behavior by setting the following property.

<property 
    as="xs:boolean"  
    name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.today-highlight.*.*"             
    value="false"/>

XForms

Example usage

You use the date component like a regular input field, for example:

<fr:date ref="birth-date">
  <xf:label>Birth Date</xf:label>
</fr:date>

fr:date must be bound to a node of type xs:date.

See also

• Dropdown Date
• Dates to Exclude constraint in Form Builder
• Native time picker