Angular 2 Date Input not binding to date value

Question

trying to get a form set up but for some reason, the Date input in my html is not binding to the object\'s date value, despite using [(ngModel)]

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Answer 1

Instead of [(ngModel)] you can use:

// view


// controller
parseDate(dateString: string): Date {
    if (dateString) {
        return new Date(dateString);
    }
    return null;
}

You can also choose not to use parseDate function. In this case the date will be saved as string format like "2016-10-06" instead of Date type (I haven't tried whether this has negative consequences when manipulating the data or saving to database for example).