Create date range input — dateRangeInput

v1.7.3|Source: R/input-daterange.R

Description

Creates a pair of text inputs which, when clicked on, bring up calendars that the user can click on to select dates.

dateRangeInput(
  inputId,
  label,
  start = NULL,
  end = NULL,
  min = NULL,
  max = NULL,
  format = "yyyy-mm-dd",
  startview = "month",
  weekstart = 0,
  language = "en",
  separator = " to ",
  width = NULL,
  autoclose = TRUE
)

Arguments

inputId

The input slot that will be used to access the value.

label

Display label for the control, or NULL for no label.

start

The initial start date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format. If NULL (the default), will use the current date in the client's time zone.

end

The initial end date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format. If NULL (the default), will use the current date in the client's time zone.

min

The minimum allowed date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.

max

The maximum allowed date. Either a Date object, or a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.

format

The format of the date to display in the browser. Defaults to "yyyy-mm-dd".

startview

The date range shown when the input object is first clicked. Can be "month" (the default), "year", or "decade".

weekstart

Which day is the start of the week. Should be an integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).

language

The language used for month and day names. Default is "en". Other valid values include "ar", "az", "bg", "bs", "ca", "cs", "cy", "da", "de", "el", "en-AU", "en-GB", "eo", "es", "et", "eu", "fa", "fi", "fo", "fr-CH", "fr", "gl", "he", "hr", "hu", "hy", "id", "is", "it-CH", "it", "ja", "ka", "kh", "kk", "ko", "kr", "lt", "lv", "me", "mk", "mn", "ms", "nb", "nl-BE", "nl", "no", "pl", "pt-BR", "pt", "ro", "rs-latin", "rs", "ru", "sk", "sl", "sq", "sr-latin", "sr", "sv", "sw", "th", "tr", "uk", "vi", "zh-CN", and "zh-TW".

separator

String to display between the start and end input boxes.

width

The width of the input, e.g. '400px', or '100%'; see validateCssUnit().

autoclose

Whether or not to close the datepicker immediately when a date is selected.

Details

The date format string specifies how the date will be displayed in the browser. It allows the following values:

• yy Year without century (12)

• yyyy Year with century (2012)

• mm Month number, with leading zero (01-12)

• m Month number, without leading zero (1-12)

• M Abbreviated month name

• MM Full month name

• dd Day of month with leading zero

• d Day of month without leading zero

• D Abbreviated weekday name

• DD Full weekday name

Server value

A Date vector of length 2.

See also

dateInput(), updateDateRangeInput()

Other input elements: actionButton(), checkboxGroupInput(), checkboxInput(), dateInput(), fileInput(), numericInput(), passwordInput(), radioButtons(), selectInput(), sliderInput(), submitButton(), textAreaInput(), textInput(), varSelectInput()

Examples

## Only run examples in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {

ui <- fluidPage(
  dateRangeInput("daterange1", "Date range:",
                 start = "2001-01-01",
                 end   = "2010-12-31"),

  # Default start and end is the current date in the client's time zone
  dateRangeInput("daterange2", "Date range:"),

  # start and end are always specified in yyyy-mm-dd, even if the display
  # format is different
  dateRangeInput("daterange3", "Date range:",
                 start  = "2001-01-01",
                 end    = "2010-12-31",
                 min    = "2001-01-01",
                 max    = "2012-12-21",
                 format = "mm/dd/yy",
                 separator = " - "),

  # Pass in Date objects
  dateRangeInput("daterange4", "Date range:",
                 start = Sys.Date()-10,
                 end = Sys.Date()+10),

  # Use different language and different first day of week
  dateRangeInput("daterange5", "Date range:",
                 language = "de",
                 weekstart = 1),

  # Start with decade view instead of default month view
  dateRangeInput("daterange6", "Date range:",
                 startview = "decade")
)

shinyApp(ui, server = function(input, output) { })
}