german date format

[cgahmann]

Hi Is it possible to use timepicker with german date format? Like DD.MM.YYYY instead of YYYY.MM.DD? Best!

Christoph

[PitPik]

Hi @cgahmann, of course you can. You can use it in any format you want to, just make sure that you always convert back to the system format YYYY-MM-DD as tinyDatePicker needs this format internally. What you need is using readValue() and renderValue() callbacks for instant conversion. In the following example I use a simple date converter() (you can of course use your own or a framework...).

var converter = function(date) {
        var parts = date.split('.');

        if (parts[1]) { // assume DE format
            return parts.reverse().join('-');
        } else { // EN format
            parts = date.split('-');
            if (parts[1]) {
                return parts.reverse().join('.');
            }
        }
    };

window.myDatePicker = new DatePicker('.date', {
    readValue: function(element) {
        return converter(element.value); // change to system format
    },
    renderValue: function(container, element, value) {
        element.value = converter(value); // change to displayed format
    }
});