How to get HTML 5 input type="date" working in Firefox and/or IE 10

I find it odd that input type="date" is still not supported in Firefox after all of this time. In fact, I don't think they added in much (if any) of the HTML 5 new types on an input element. Not surprised that it is not supported in IE10. So, my question is...

How to get type="date" on an input element working without adding, yet another, .js file (namely jQueryUI DatePicker Widget) just to get a calendar/date for only IE and Firefox Browsers? Is there something out there that can be applied somewhere (CDN perhaps?) that will make this functionality work by default in Firefox and/or IE Browsers?? Trying to target IE 8+ Browsers and for Firefox, doesn't matter, newest version (28.0) will be fine.

UPDATE: Firefox 57+ supports input type=date

You can try webshims, which is available on cdn + only loads the polyfill, if it is needed.

Here is a demo with CDN: http://jsfiddle.net/trixta/BMEc9/

<!-- cdn for modernizr, if you haven't included it already -->
<script src="http://cdn.jsdelivr.net/webshim/1.12.4/extras/modernizr-custom.js"></script>
<!-- polyfiller file to detect and load polyfills -->
<script src="http://cdn.jsdelivr.net/webshim/1.12.4/polyfiller.js"></script>
<script>
  webshims.setOptions('waitReady', false);
  webshims.setOptions('forms-ext', {types: 'date'});
  webshims.polyfill('forms forms-ext');
</script>

<input type="date" />

In case the default configuration does not satisfy, there are many ways to configure it. Here you find the datepicker configurator.

Note: While there might be new bugfix releases for webshim in the future. There won't be any major releases anymore. This includes support for jQuery 3.0 or any new features.

It is in Firefox since version 51 (January 26, 2017), but it is not activated by default (yet)

To activate it:

about:config

dom.forms.datetime -> set to true

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Experimental_features

There's a simple way to get rid of this restriction by using the datePicker component provided by jQuery.

1. Include jQuery and jQuery UI libraries (I'm still using an old one)

• src="js/jquery-1.7.2.js"
• src="js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.js"

2. Use the following snip

    $(function() {
         $( "#id_of_the_component" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'}); 
    });
   

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328025/jquery-ui-datepicker-change-date-format if needed.

The type="date" is not an actual specification at this point. It is a concept Google came up with and is in their whatwg specifications (not official) and is only partially supported by Chrome.

http://caniuse.com/#search=date

I would not rely on this input type at this point. It would be nice to have, but I do not foresee this one actually making it. The #1 reason is it puts too much burden on the browser to determine the best UI for a somewhat complicated input. Think about it from a responsive perspective, how would any of the vendors know what will work best with your UI say at 400 pixels, 800 pixels and 1200 pixels wide?

Here is a full example with the date formatted in YYYY-MM-DD

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script> 
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/webshim/1.14.5/polyfiller.js"></script>
<script>
webshims.setOptions('forms-ext', {types: 'date'});
webshims.polyfill('forms forms-ext');
$.webshims.formcfg = {
en: {
	dFormat: '-',
	dateSigns: '-',
	patterns: {
		d: "yy-mm-dd"
	}
}
};
</script>
<input type="date" />

While this doesn't allow you to get a datepicker ui, Mozilla does allow the use of pattern, so you can at least get date validation with something like this:

pattern='(?:19|20)[0-9]{2}-(?:(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9])|(?:(?!02)(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:30))|(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-31))'

Ultimately I agree with @SuperUberDuper in that Mozilla is way behind on including this natively.

This is just a suggestion that follows Dax's answer. (I would put it in a comment at that answer, but I don't have enough reputation yet to comment on others questions).

Id's should be unique for every field, so, if you have multiple date fields in your form (or forms), you could use the class element instead of the ID:

 $(function() { $( ".datepicker" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' }); });

and your input as:

 <input type="text" class="datepicker" name="your-name" />

Now, every time you need the date picker, just add that class. PS I know, you still have to use the js :(, but at least you're set for all your site. My 2 cents...

The latest version of firefox the firefox 57(Quantum) supports date and other features it was released on November 14, 2017. You can download it by clicking this link

Sometimes you do not want use Datepicker http://jqueryui.com/datepicker/ in your project because:

• You do not want use jquery
• Conflict of jquery versions in your project
• Choice of the year is not convenient. For example you need 120 clicks on the prev button for moving to 10 years ago.

Please see my very simple cross browser code for date input. My code apply only if your browser is not supports the date type input

<!doctype html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Input Key Filter Test</title>
	<meta name="author" content="Andrej Hristoliubov [email protected]">
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
	
	<!-- For compatibility of IE browser with audio element in the beep() function.
	https://www.modern.ie/en-us/performance/how-to-use-x-ua-compatible -->
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9"/>
	
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rawgit.com/anhr/InputKeyFilter/master/InputKeyFilter.css" type="text/css">		
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://rawgit.com/anhr/InputKeyFilter/master/Common.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://rawgit.com/anhr/InputKeyFilter/master/InputKeyFilter.js"></script>
	
</head>
<body>
	<h1>Date field</h1>
    Date:
    <input type='date' id='date' />
    New date: <span id="NewDate"></span>
    <script>
        CreateDateFilter('date', {
                formatMessage: 'Please type date %s'
                , onblur: function (target) {
                    if (target.value == target.defaultValue)
                        return;
                    document.getElementById('NewDate').innerHTML = target.value;
                }
                , min: new Date((new Date().getFullYear() - 10).toString()).toISOString().match(/^(.*)T.*$/i)[1]//'2006-06-27'//10 years ago
                , max: new Date().toISOString().match(/^(.*)T.*$/i)[1]//"2016-06-27" //Current date
                , dateLimitMessage: 'Please type date between "%min" and "%max"'
            }
        );
    </script>

</body>
</html>

You can use this datepicker functionality in anywhere just need to call on Master.aspx or Layout page

1. Include jQuery and jQuery UI libraries (I'm still using an old one)

   src="js/jquery-1.7.2.js"
   src="js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.js"
   

then add this script and this is working on all platforms.

 <script>
jQuery(function ($) { // wait until the DOM is ready
            $(".editorDate").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' });
        });`
 </script>

you can add this "editorDate" on multiple pages.

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FromDate, "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control editorDate"})

Thank Alexander, I found a way how to modify format for en lang. (Didn't know which lang uses such format)

 $.webshims.formcfg = {
        en: {
            dFormat: '/',
            dateSigns: '/',
            patterns: {
                d: "yy/mm/dd"
            }
        }
     };

 $.webshims.activeLang('en');

Here is the proper solution. You should use jquery datepicker everywhere

  <script>
  $( function() {
    $( ".simple_date" ).datepicker();
  } );
  </script>

Below is the link to get the complete code

https://tutorialvilla.com/how/how-to-solve-the-problem-of-html-date-picker

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Default functionality</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
  <script>
  $(function() {
    $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
 
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>
 
 
</body>
</html>

Here is the perfect solution. You should use JQuery datepicker to user input date. It is very easy to use and it have lot of features that HTML input date don't have.

Click here to copy the JQuery datepicker code

I had to use bootstrap-datepicker plugin to get the calendar working on Firefox 55 Portable:

https://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Compatible with Bootstrap v2 and v3. It comes with a standalone stylesheet so you don't have to depend on Bootstrap.

Usage:

<input class="datepicker">

$('.datepicker').datepicker({
    format: 'mm/dd/yyyy'
});