Date

What does it do?

General: Do you want to render a datepicker for date (or datetime or time), you can use this field type. Per default html5 date fields are used in modern browsers.

Frontend Output Example

example_field_date

Backend Configuration Example

record_field_date_tab1

record_field_date_tab2

Explanation

Field	Description	Explanation	Tab
Title	Add a label for this field.	The label is shown in the frontend near to this field.	General
Type	Choose a fieldtype.	See explanation below for a special fieldtype. Different fields are related to some fieldtypes – not all fields are shown on every type.	General
Mandatory Field	This field must contain input.	Check this if the field must contain input, otherwise submitting the form is not possible.	Extended
Layout	Choose a layout.	This adds a CSS-Class to the frontend output. Administrator can add, remove or rename some of the entries.	Extended
Datepicker Mode	Choose Date, Datetime or Time	Choose the frontend datepicker with date only, time only or a mix of both	Extended
Description	Add a description for this field.	Per default a description will be rendered as title-attribute in the labels in frontend.	Extended
Variables – Individual Fieldname	This is a marker of this field.	Use a field variable with {marker} in any RTE or HTML-Template. The marker name is equal in any language.	Extended
Add own Variable	Check this, if you want to set your own marker (see row before).	After checking this button, TYPO3 ask you to reload. After a reload, you see a new field for setting an own marker.	Extended
Language	Choose a language.	Choose in which frontend language this record should be rendered.	Access
Hide	Disable the form	Enable or disable this record.	Access
Start	Startdate for this record.	Same function as known from default content elements or pages in TYPO3.	Access
Stop	Stopdate for this record.	Same function as known from default content elements or pages in TYPO3.	Access

Date Formats

You can define the dateformat for the JavaScript Datepicker. Depending on the datepicker settings (date, datetime, time), there are different entries in the locallang files. You can overwrite that via TypoScript:

plugin.tx_powermail {
    _LOCAL_LANG {
        default {
            datepicker_format_date = Y/m/d
            datepicker_format_time = Y/m/d H:i:s
            datepicker_format_datetime = H:i:s
        }
        fr {
            datepicker_format_date = Y/m/d
            datepicker_format_time = Y/m/d H:i:s
            datepicker_format_datetime = H:i:s
        }
    }
}