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HTML <input> type="datetime-local"

The <input> tag with a type="datetime-local" attribute creates an input field that accepts a date and time value which does not include the timezone (hence ‘local‘).

Clicking the calendar icon opens a datetime picker.

Example

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An <input> element of type datetime-local.
Clicking the calendar icon opens a datetime picker. Alternatively, enter a datetime directly into the field.

Registration date

<form action="/tutorial/action.html">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>Registration date</legend>

    <input type="datetime-local" name="registrationdate"><br /><br />

    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
  </fieldset>
</form>

Using input type="datetime-local"

The <input type="datetime-local"> tag creates an input field for date and time.

The -local suffix does not mean the time is local to the user, instead it is a time without a timezone.

The UI of this control varies from browser to browser. Browser support is limited.

A similarly named <input type="datetime"> is obsolete.


Syntax

<input type="datetime-local">

Browser support

Here is when type="datetime-local" support started for each browser:

Chrome
25.0 Jan 2015
Firefox
Not Supported
IE/Edge
38.0 Nov 2015
Opera
10.0 Aug 2009
Safari
Partial Support

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