Date and time field

The date and time field editors have four distinct flavours, providing the flexibility to capture the data you require.


Type	Summary
Date	A single date picker.
Date and time	A date and time picker.
Date range	Two date pickers to provide a range.
Date and time range	Two date and time pickers to provide a range.

The date range editors become available when the format of a Date / Time field is set to Range.

Appearance


Setting name	Summary
Name	A text label to identify the field in an entry.
Field ID	A sanitised name to be used by the API.
Read only	Prevents authors from editing the field in the entry editor.
Repeatable	Allows an author to create a collection of content of the same type.

This field editor supports the following validation methods:


Property name	Summary
Placeholder text	The placeholder property provides a short hint describing the expected value of a field.
Content guidelines	Provides guidance to an author for the expected content the field should contain.

This property determines whether an author can select a date in the past, e.g. a date less than today. This is enabled by default.