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This date field definition is part of the Magnolia 6 UI framework. The fully qualified class name is info.magnolia.ui.field.DateFieldDefinition.

If you work with the Magnolia 5 UI framework, see Date field for Magnolia 5 UI instead.

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definition

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date:
  label: Date
  $type: dateField
  type: java.util.Date
  time: true

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Field properties

Field-specific properties

dateFormat

optional, default is yyyy-MM-dd

Format in which the date is displayed to users. See the SimpleDateFormat DateTimeFormatter class for allowed patterns.

Examples:

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language	yml

dateFormat: yyyy-MM-dd           # 2017-10-31
dateFormat: yyyy-MMMM-dd         # 2017-October-31
dateFormat: EEE, MMM d, yyyy     # Tue, Oct 31, 2017

defaultValue

optional, default is now

Set the property to a specific date and time such as "2017-10-31" or use the string now for the current date and time at on the host server. Magnolia stores dates and times using server time. The stored time is dates and times are converted and displayed to users in their preferred time zone.

The default value applies only applies to new content items, not to content items those that have already been already created.

Enclose Enclose the set property value in quotes when using YAML:

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language	yml

defaultValue: "2017-10-31"
defaultValue: "2017-10-31 15:09"

If you define the dateFormat or and timeFormat properties, provide defaultValue using the same formats:

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language	jsyml

dateFormat: MM/dd/yyyy
timeFormat: h:mm a
defaultValue: "10/31/2017 3:09 PM"

time

optional, default is false

Enables time selection. Renders dropdown lists at the bottom of the calendar.

timeFormat

optional, default is HH:mm

Format in which the time is displayed to users. See the SimpleDateFormat DateTimeFormatter class for allowed patterns.

Examples:

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language	yml

timeFormat: HH:mm     # 15:09
timeFormat: h:mm a    # 3:09 PM

Common simple field properties

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