HTML DOM Input Date value Property

# Input Date value Property

Input Date Object

## Example

Set a date for a date field:

document.getElementById("myDate").value = "2014-02-09";
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## Definition and Usage

The value property sets or returns the value of the value attribute of a date field.

The value attribute specifies a date for the date field.

## Browser Support

The value property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: The <input type="date"> element is not supported in Internet Explorer or Firefox.

## Syntax

Return the value property:

inputdateObject.value

Set the value property:

inputdateObject.value=YYYY-MM-DD

## Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---

YYYY-MM-DD

Specifies a date for the date field.
Explanation of components:

- YYYY - year (e.g. 2011)
- MM - month (e.g. 01 for January)
- DD - day of the month (e.g. 08)

An example: "2014-02-09" means February 9th, 2014 (09/02/2014).

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A String, representing the date of the date field

## More Examples

## Example

Get the date of a date field:

var x = document.getElementById("myDate").value;

The result of x will be:

2000-05-05
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## Example

An example that shows the difference between the defaultValue and value property:

var x = document.getElementById("myDate");
var defaultVal = x.defaultValue;
var currentVal = x.value;
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## Related Pages

HTML reference: HTML <input> value attribute

Input Date Object

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