Datepicker in JavaScript code with Example – Lightpick

Yet another datepicker in JavaScript code with example and using guide. The Lightpick is a pure JavaScript datepicker plugin to pick single, multiple and ranged date. It creates a beautiful calendar widget near the input field to add/pick selected date.

How to Use Lightpick javascript Datepicker

1. To get started with Lightpick datepicker, you need to load Bootstrap CSS and moment.js into the head of your HTML document.

<!-- Bootstrap JS -->
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<!-- Moment Js -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.22.2/moment.min.js"></script>

2. After that, include the lightpick CSS and JavaScript file into your webpage.

<!-- Lightpick CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/lightpick.css"> 

<!-- Lightpick JS -->
<script src="js/lightpick.js"></script>

2.1 You can also load lightpick by CDN link.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/lightpick@latest/lightpick.js"></script>

3. Create input element with the following mentioned attributes.

<input type="text" id="myDatepicker" class="form-control form-control-sm"/>

4. Finally, initialize the plugin with the following script.

<script>
new Lightpick({
    field: document.getElementById('myDatepicker'),
    onSelect: function(date){
        document.getElementById('result-1').innerHTML = date.format('Do MMMM YYYY');
    }
});
</script>

This awesome JavaScript plugin is developed by Rinat G. Please check the demo page or official repository for more advanced usage.

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