A
field "calendar" created, through a pop-up, an element of selecting a
date and/or time. The "calendar" returns the date and/or time as a
value.
Definition
A
field "calendar" created, through a pop-up, an element of selecting a
date and/or time. The "calendar" returns the date and/or time as a
value.
Settings
Common Plugin Settings (Link to the article)
Construction
Format
write a code to specify the format of the date and/or time displayed after the selection on the pop-up. For example, if the format is "F d, Y" and the selected date is 12-03-1983, the value "March 12, 1983" is shown. If for the same date, the format is "d-m-y", the value "12-03-83" is displayed.
The following characters are recognized in the format parameter string:
|
Format
character |
Description | Example returned values |
| Day | ||
| d | Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | 01 to 31 |
| D | A textual representation of a day, three letters | Mon through Sun |
| j | Day of the month without leading zeros | 1 to 31 |
| l (lowercase 'L') | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday through Saturday |
| N | ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0) | 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
| S | English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters | st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j |
| w | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| z | The day of the year (starting from 0) | 0 through 365 |
| Week | ||
| W | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (added in PHP 4.1.0) | Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
| Month | ||
| F | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | January through December |
| m | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through | |
| M | A short textual representation of a month, three letters | Jan through Dec |
| n | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
| t | Number of days in the given month | 28 through 31 |
| Year | ||
| L | Whether it's a leap year | 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise. |
| o | ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0) | Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| Y | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits | Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| y | A two digit representation of a year | Examples: 99 or 03 |
| Time | ||
| a | Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | am or pm |
| A | Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | AM or PM |
| B | Swatch Internet time | 000 through 999 |
| g | 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
| G | 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 0 through 23 |
| h | 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 01 through 12 |
| H | 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 00 through 23 |
| i | Minutes with leading zeros | 00 to 59 |
| s | Seconds, with leading zeros | 00 through 59 |
Date Range
Select an option to disable some dates on the calendar:
- All (default): to enable all dates of the year,
- Past: to disable "today" and the dates after "today". For example,
if we If we assume that the date today is "January 2, 2012", and we
select this option then "January 2, 2012" and all dates after "January
2, 2012" are disabled.
- Past & Today: to disable the dates after "today",
- Today & Future: to disable the dates before "today". For
example, if we If we assume that the date today is "January 2, 2012",
and we select this option then all dates before "January 2, 2012" are
disabled.
- Future: to disable "today" and the dates before "today".
Storage Format
Select an option to choose the storage format of the date in the data base:
- Datetime: to store a date under format yyyy:mm:dd hh:mm:ss,
- Timestamp: to store a date as an integer representing the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Show Time
Select an option to display different time selector:
- No: to hide a time selector,
- 12(am/pm): to display a time selector with "am", "pm" prefixes. The hour range of this selector is 0 to 11,
- 24(hours): to display a time selector with a hour range from 0 to 23.
You can place the time selector at the "right bottom" or the "left bottom" of the "calendar" pop-up.
By default, the time selector is placed at the right bottom of the "calendar" pop-up.
By default, the time selector is placed at the right bottom of the "calendar" pop-up.
Use the "Default Hour - Min - Sec" setting if you want to set a time by default.
This setting appears when you select option "No" for "Show Time" setting.
This setting appears when you select option "No" for "Show Time" setting.
Theme
Select an option to choose one theme for the "calendar" pop-up:
- Gold:
- Steel:
- Win2k:
Show Week Numbers
Select Yes to display a week numbers at the left of the "calendar" pop-up.
Size
Write the input size of this field.
