How can I set my reactive form date input value?
You have two possibilities to set you date as default value.
Variant 1:
For setting default date value to <input>
tag with type date you should use HTML-property value
of input-tag.
Example:
<form [formGroup]="editForm2"> <input type="date" formControlName="startDate" value="{{ post.startDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd' }}"> <input type="date" formControlName="endDate" value="{{ post.endDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd' }}"></form>
Variant 2 (recommended):
You can use an built-in function formatDate()
in angular.
Step 1:
Import formatDate()
from @angular/common
in you component typescript file.
import { formatDate } from '@angular/common';
Note: formatDate(yourDate, format, locale)
expects 3-4 parameters.
Step 2:
Format your dates in definition of your form group.
this.editForm = this.formBuilder.group({ startDate: [formatDate(this.post.startDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'en'), [Validators.required]], endDate: [formatDate(this.post.endDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'en'), [Validators.required]]});
Here is working example: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-kucypd
Here is documentation of input type date: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/date
Try the built-in formatDate package.
import { formatDate } from '@angular/common'
and then convert your date and set it to the datepicker control
this.yourForm.controls.controlName.setValue(formatDate(date,'yyyy-MM-dd','en'));
Another solution, a little more functional w time zone Offset, adding binding and format transformation:
.html:
<form [formGroup]="form"><input type="date" class="form-control" (change)="onMyDateChange($event)" name="myDate" formControlName="myDate" value="{{ actualDateFormGroup | date:'yyyy-MM-dd' }}" ></form>
.ts:
actualDateFormGroup = new Date(new Date().getTime() - (new Date().getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)).toISOString().split("T")[0]; onMyDateChange(event: any) { this.forma.patchValue({ myDate: event.target.value }); }
Then you can modify the format obtained in the myDate variable as needed in the code.
For example: 2019-10-13 to 20191013
stringFormat(string){ let date = fechaString.replace(/-/g, ''); return date; }finalDate = stringFormat(myDate);