Angular.js and HTML5 date input value — how to get Firefox to show a readable date value in a date input?

Question

I have an HTML5 date input and I would like its value to be set to the value of the date property in my model by default. I\'m not too fussy about formatting since Chrome se

Answer 1

I've used ng-change:

Date.prototype.addDays = function(days) {
  var dat = new Date(this.valueOf());
  dat.setDate(dat.getDate() + days);
  return dat;
}

var app = angular.module('myApp', []);

app.controller('DateController', ['$rootScope', '$scope',
  function($rootScope, $scope) {
    function init() {
      $scope.startDate = new Date();
      $scope.endDate = $scope.startDate.addDays(14);
    }


    function load() {
      alert($scope.startDate);
      alert($scope.endDate);
    }

    init();
    // public methods
    $scope.load = load;
    $scope.setStart = function(date) {
      $scope.startDate = date;
    };
    $scope.setEnd = function(date) {
      $scope.endDate = date;
    };

  }
]);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div data-ng-controller="DateController">
  <label class="item-input"> <span class="input-label">Start</span>
    <input type="date" data-ng-model="startDate" ng-change="setStart(startDate)" required validatedateformat calendar>
  </label>
  <label class="item-input"> <span class="input-label">End</span>
    <input type="date" data-ng-model="endDate" ng-change="setEnd(endDate)" required validatedateformat calendar>
  </label>
  <button button="button" ng-disabled="planningForm.$invalid" ng-click="load()" class="button button-positive">
    Run
  </button>
</div <label class="item-input"> <span class="input-label">Start</span>
<input type="date" data-ng-model="startDate" ng-change="setStart(startDate)" required validatedateformat calendar>
</label>
<label class="item-input"> <span class="input-label">End</span>
  <input type="date" data-ng-model="endDate" ng-change="setEnd(endDate)" required validatedateformat calendar>
</label>