Bluepicker

A beautiful VanillaJS date or datetime picker that also supports local or UTC input.

Why ?

It is nearly impossible to find a date(time) picker that simultaneously brings:

• Only has the awesome momentjs as dependency
• Local CSS styles (avoids conflicts with the surrounding application)
• Can be either an efficient Date picker or a Datetime one
• Supports UTC or local time input
• Low complexity: less than 500 SLOC.
• Is beautiful and easy to use enough (not 5 dropdowns)

Sample code

Simply require it and use it !

<div id="picker_id">
  <input type="text"></input>
</div>

import bluepicker from 'bluepicker'

import 'bluepicker/dist/bundle.css'  # hashed CSS classes for the picker

bluepicker.init('picker_id')

Configuration

Almost everything is configurable.

bluepicker.init('picker_id', {
  callback: null,   // callback upon changes
  locale: 'cn',     // momentJS locale
  format: 'lll',    // momentJS display format
  mode: 'hours',    // asks the day, then the hour, that's it.
  utcMode: true,    // displayed and sent values will be UTC
  padToBoundary: false,  // pad text to minutes, hours or day boundary depending on the mode.
  nowButtonText: 'Now'   // gives you the possibility to customize the "Now" button text.
}, initValue)

Events

Upon changes (either by direct modification in the input field, or a click in the picker buttons) a DOM event is fired and the callback is called, if provided.

bluepicker.init('picker_id', {callback: onPickerChange})

// or

document.addEventListener('bluepicker:update', (e) => onPickerChange(e.detail))

// fires

function onPickerChange ({id, format, value, utcMode}) {
  // id is the source's datepicker ID
  // format is the display format of the value
  // value is the momentJS instance of the moment that just changed
  // utcMode keeps track if the picker is currently in UTC mode or not.
}

License

MIT