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Temporal Input Types (HTML)

All five temporal HTML input types with explicit bounds and sample values, including the two that many form libraries silently downgrade to plain text - month and week - so a round trip can be verified format by format.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Temporal input types - Novus Examples</title>
<meta name="description" content="date, time, month, week and datetime-local, each with bounds. SAMPLE test data only.">
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</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap"><div class="card">
<h1>Temporal input types</h1>
<p class="lead">date, time, month, week and datetime-local, each with bounds. SAMPLE test data only.</p>
<form method="post" action="#" novalidate>
<div class="hp" aria-hidden="true"><label>Leave this field empty<input type="text" name="website" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off"></label></div>
<fieldset><legend>Dates</legend>
<div class="field"><label for="f-single_date">Single date</label><input id="f-single_date" type="date" name="single_date" min="2026-01-01" max="2026-12-31" value="2026-04-14"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-month_only">Month</label><input id="f-month_only" type="month" name="month_only" min="2026-01" max="2026-12" value="2026-04"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-week_only">Week</label><input id="f-week_only" type="week" name="week_only" min="2026-W01" max="2026-W53" value="2026-W16"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset><legend>Times</legend>
<div class="field"><label for="f-time_only">Time</label><input id="f-time_only" type="time" name="time_only" min="06:00" max="22:00" step="60" value="14:15"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-time_seconds">Time with seconds</label><input id="f-time_seconds" type="time" name="time_seconds" step="1" value="14:15:30"><span class="hint">A one-second step makes the seconds field appear.</span></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-date_and_time">Date and time</label><input id="f-date_and_time" type="datetime-local" name="date_and_time" min="2026-01-01T00:00" max="2026-12-31T23:59" value="2026-04-14T14:15"></div>
</fieldset>
<p class="hint" data-locked="notice">SAMPLE test data only - nothing is submitted, uploaded, or stored.</p>
<div class="ok" role="status">Sample validated locally - nothing was sent.</div>
<div class="actions"><button type="submit" class="btn">Read the dates</button></div>
</form>
<p class="foot">Free example form from Novus Examples · works offline, no data leaves your browser.</p>
</div></main>
<script>document.querySelectorAll('form').forEach(function(f){f.addEventListener('submit',function(e){e.preventDefault();var hp=f.querySelector('.hp input');if(hp&&hp.value){return;}if(!f.checkValidity()){f.reportValidity();return;}var ok=f.querySelector('.ok');if(ok){ok.style.display='block';ok.scrollIntoView({block:'nearest'});}f.reset();});});</script>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Fields
6
Use Case
scheduling
Validation
HTML5 native
Honeypot
true
Standalone
true
Dependencies
none
Input Types
5

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