A control that the user can click or tap to specify a date.
Description
If you add a Date Picker control instead of a Text input control, you help ensure that the user specifies a date in the correct format.
Key properties
DefaultDate – The initial value of a date control unless the user changes it.
SelectedDate – The date currently selected in a date control.
Format – The text format in which the control shows the date and the user specifies the date. You can set this property to ShortDate (default) or LongDate to format dates based on the Language property of this control. You can also set this property to an expression, such as yyyy/mm/dd if you want the same format regardless of language. For example:
- The control shows 12/31/2017 if the user clicks or taps the last day of 2017, the Format property is set to ShortDate, and the Language property is set to en-us.
- The control shows dimanche 31 decembre 2017 if the user clicks or taps the last day of 2017, the Format property is set to LongDate, and the Language property is set to fr-fr.
Language – Determines the language used to format dates, including names of months. If this property isn't specified, the user's device setting determines the language.
Additional properties
BorderColor – The color of a control's border.
BorderStyle – Whether a control's border is Solid, Dashed, Dotted, or None.
BorderThickness – The thickness of a control's border.
FocusedBorderThickness – The thickness of the control's border when it has keyboard focus.
Color – The color of text in a control.
DisplayMode – Whether the control allows user input (Edit), only displays data (View), or is disabled (Disabled).
DisabledBorderColor – The color of a control's border if the control's DisplayMode property is set to Disabled.
DisabledColor – The color of text in a control if its DisplayMode property is set to Disabled.
DisabledFill – The background color of a control if its DisplayMode property is set to Disabled.
EndYear – The latest year to which the user can set value of a date-picker control.
Fill – The background color of a control.
Font – The name of the family of fonts in which text appears.
FontWeight – The weight of the text in a control: Bold, Semibold, Normal, or Lighter.
Height – The distance between a control's top and bottom edges.
Italic – Whether the text in a control is italic.
OnSelect – How the app responds when the user taps or clicks a control.
PaddingBottom – The distance between text in a control and the bottom edge of that control.
PaddingLeft – The distance between text in a control and the left edge of that control.
PaddingRight – The distance between text in a control and the right edge of that control.
PaddingTop – The distance between text in a control and the top edge of that control.
Size – The font size of the text that appears on a control.
StartYear – The earliest year to which the user can set the value of a date-picker control.
TabIndex – Customizes the tab order of controls at runtime when set to a non-zero value.
Visible – Whether a control appears or is hidden.
Width – The distance between a control's left and right edges.
X – The distance between the left edge of a control and the left edge of its parent container (screen if no parent container).
Y – The distance between the top edge of a control and the top edge of the parent container (screen if no parent container).
Related functions
Year( DateTimeValue )
Example
Add a Date Picker control, and name it Deadline.
Don't know how to add, name, and configure a control?
Add a Label control, and set its Text property to this formula:
DateDiff(Today(), Deadline.SelectedDate) & " days to go!"Want more information about the DateDiff function or other functions?
Press F5, choose a date in Deadline, and then click or tap OK.
The Label control shows the number of days between today and the date that you chose.
To return to the default workspace, press Esc.