Date Picker

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerDemo() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  return (
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger
        render={
          <Button
            variant={"outline"}
            data-empty={!date}
            className="w-[212px] justify-between text-left font-normal data-[empty=true]:text-muted-foreground"
          />
        }
      >
        {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
        <ChevronDownIcon data-icon="inline-end" />
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
        <Calendar
          mode="single"
          selected={date}
          onSelect={setDate}
          defaultMonth={date}
        />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  )
}

Installation

npx shadcn@latest add @fulldev/date-picker-examples

Usage

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { cn } from "cn"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { Calendar as CalendarIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerDemo() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  return (
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger
        render={
          <Button
            variant="outline"
            data-empty={!date}
            className="justify-start text-left font-normal data-[empty=true]:text-muted-foreground"
          />
        }
      >
        <CalendarIcon />
        {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0">
        <Calendar mode="single" selected={date} onSelect={setDate} />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  )
}

Composition

A date picker is built from Popover and Calendar (there is no DatePicker root component):

Popover
├── PopoverTrigger
└── PopoverContent
    └── Calendar

Basic

A basic date picker component.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerSimple() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  return (
    <Field className="mx-auto w-44">
      <FieldLabel htmlFor="date-picker-simple">Date</FieldLabel>
      <Popover>
        <PopoverTrigger
          render={
            <Button
              variant="outline"
              id="date-picker-simple"
              className="justify-start font-normal"
            />
          }
        >
          {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
        </PopoverTrigger>
        <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
          <Calendar
            mode="single"
            selected={date}
            onSelect={setDate}
            defaultMonth={date}
          />
        </PopoverContent>
      </Popover>
    </Field>
  )
}

Range Picker

A date picker component for selecting a range of dates.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { addDays, format } from "date-fns"
import { CalendarIcon } from "lucide-react"
import { type DateRange } from "react-day-picker"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerWithRange() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<DateRange | undefined>({
    from: new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), 0, 20),
    to: addDays(new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), 0, 20), 20),
  })

  return (
    <Field className="mx-auto w-60">
      <FieldLabel htmlFor="date-picker-range">Date Picker Range</FieldLabel>
      <Popover>
        <PopoverTrigger
          render={
            <Button
              variant="outline"
              id="date-picker-range"
              className="justify-start px-2.5 font-normal"
            />
          }
        >
          <CalendarIcon data-icon="inline-start" />
          {date?.from ? (
            date.to ? (
              <>
                {format(date.from, "LLL dd, y")} -{" "}
                {format(date.to, "LLL dd, y")}
              </>
            ) : (
              format(date.from, "LLL dd, y")
            )
          ) : (
            <span>Pick a date</span>
          )}
        </PopoverTrigger>
        <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
          <Calendar
            mode="range"
            defaultMonth={date?.from}
            selected={date}
            onSelect={setDate}
            numberOfMonths={2}
          />
        </PopoverContent>
      </Popover>
    </Field>
  )
}

Date of Birth

A date picker component for selecting a date of birth.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerSimple() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false)
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date | undefined>(undefined)

  return (
    <Field className="mx-auto w-44">
      <FieldLabel htmlFor="date">Date of birth</FieldLabel>
      <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
        <PopoverTrigger
          render={
            <Button
              variant="outline"
              id="date"
              className="justify-start font-normal"
            />
          }
        >
          {date ? date.toLocaleDateString() : "Select date"}
        </PopoverTrigger>
        <PopoverContent className="w-auto overflow-hidden p-0" align="start">
          <Calendar
            mode="single"
            selected={date}
            defaultMonth={date}
            captionLayout="dropdown"
            onSelect={(date) => {
              setDate(date)
              setOpen(false)
            }}
          />
        </PopoverContent>
      </Popover>
    </Field>
  )
}

Input

A date picker component with an input field for selecting a date.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { CalendarIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import {
  InputGroup,
  InputGroupAddon,
  InputGroupButton,
  InputGroupInput,
} from "@/components/ui/input-group"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

function formatDate(date: Date | undefined) {
  if (!date) {
    return ""
  }

  return date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    day: "2-digit",
    month: "long",
    year: "numeric",
  })
}

function isValidDate(date: Date | undefined) {
  if (!date) {
    return false
  }
  return !isNaN(date.getTime())
}

export function DatePickerInput() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false)
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date | undefined>(
    new Date("2025-06-01")
  )
  const [month, setMonth] = React.useState<Date | undefined>(date)
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState(formatDate(date))

  return (
    <Field className="mx-auto w-48">
      <FieldLabel htmlFor="date-required">Subscription Date</FieldLabel>
      <InputGroup>
        <InputGroupInput
          id="date-required"
          value={value}
          placeholder="June 01, 2025"
          onChange={(e) => {
            const date = new Date(e.target.value)
            setValue(e.target.value)
            if (isValidDate(date)) {
              setDate(date)
              setMonth(date)
            }
          }}
          onKeyDown={(e) => {
            if (e.key === "ArrowDown") {
              e.preventDefault()
              setOpen(true)
            }
          }}
        />
        <InputGroupAddon align="inline-end">
          <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
            <PopoverTrigger
              render={
                <InputGroupButton
                  id="date-picker"
                  variant="ghost"
                  size="icon-xs"
                  aria-label="Select date"
                />
              }
            >
              <CalendarIcon />
              <span className="sr-only">Select date</span>
            </PopoverTrigger>
            <PopoverContent
              className="w-auto overflow-hidden p-0"
              align="end"
              alignOffset={-8}
              sideOffset={10}
            >
              <Calendar
                mode="single"
                selected={date}
                month={month}
                onMonthChange={setMonth}
                onSelect={(date) => {
                  setDate(date)
                  setValue(formatDate(date))
                  setOpen(false)
                }}
              />
            </PopoverContent>
          </Popover>
        </InputGroupAddon>
      </InputGroup>
    </Field>
  )
}

Time Picker

A date picker component with a time input field for selecting a time.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldGroup, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

export function DatePickerTime() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false)
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date | undefined>(undefined)

  return (
    <FieldGroup className="mx-auto max-w-xs flex-row">
      <Field>
        <FieldLabel htmlFor="date-picker-optional">Date</FieldLabel>
        <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
          <PopoverTrigger
            render={
              <Button
                variant="outline"
                id="date-picker-optional"
                className="w-32 justify-between font-normal"
              />
            }
          >
            {date ? format(date, "PPP") : "Select date"}
            <ChevronDownIcon data-icon="inline-end" />
          </PopoverTrigger>
          <PopoverContent className="w-auto overflow-hidden p-0" align="start">
            <Calendar
              mode="single"
              selected={date}
              captionLayout="dropdown"
              defaultMonth={date}
              onSelect={(date) => {
                setDate(date)
                setOpen(false)
              }}
            />
          </PopoverContent>
        </Popover>
      </Field>
      <Field className="w-32">
        <FieldLabel htmlFor="time-picker-optional">Time</FieldLabel>
        <Input
          type="time"
          id="time-picker-optional"
          step="1"
          defaultValue="10:30:00"
          className="appearance-none bg-background [&::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator]:hidden [&::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator]:appearance-none"
        />
      </Field>
    </FieldGroup>
  )
}

This component uses the chrono-node library to parse natural language dates.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { parseDate } from "chrono-node"
import { CalendarIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import { Field, FieldLabel } from "@/components/ui/field"
import {
  InputGroup,
  InputGroupAddon,
  InputGroupButton,
  InputGroupInput,
} from "@/components/ui/input-group"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"

function formatDate(date: Date | undefined) {
  if (!date) {
    return ""
  }

  return date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    day: "2-digit",
    month: "long",
    year: "numeric",
  })
}

export function DatePickerNaturalLanguage() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false)
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState("In 2 days")
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date | undefined>(
    parseDate(value) || undefined
  )

  return (
    <Field className="mx-auto max-w-xs">
      <FieldLabel htmlFor="date-optional">Schedule Date</FieldLabel>
      <InputGroup>
        <InputGroupInput
          id="date-optional"
          value={value}
          placeholder="Tomorrow or next week"
          onChange={(e) => {
            setValue(e.target.value)
            const date = parseDate(e.target.value)
            if (date) {
              setDate(date)
            }
          }}
          onKeyDown={(e) => {
            if (e.key === "ArrowDown") {
              e.preventDefault()
              setOpen(true)
            }
          }}
        />
        <InputGroupAddon align="inline-end">
          <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
            <PopoverTrigger
              render={
                <InputGroupButton
                  id="date-picker"
                  variant="ghost"
                  size="icon-xs"
                  aria-label="Select date"
                />
              }
            >
              <CalendarIcon />
              <span className="sr-only">Select date</span>
            </PopoverTrigger>
            <PopoverContent
              className="w-auto overflow-hidden p-0"
              align="end"
              sideOffset={8}
            >
              <Calendar
                mode="single"
                selected={date}
                captionLayout="dropdown"
                defaultMonth={date}
                onSelect={(date) => {
                  setDate(date)
                  setValue(formatDate(date))
                  setOpen(false)
                }}
              />
            </PopoverContent>
          </Popover>
        </InputGroupAddon>
      </InputGroup>
      <div className="px-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
        Your post will be published on{" "}
        <span className="font-medium">{formatDate(date)}</span>.
      </div>
    </Field>
  )
}

RTL

To enable RTL support in shadcn/ui, see the RTL configuration guide.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { arSA, he } from "date-fns/locale"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"
import {
  arSA as arSADayPicker,
  he as heDayPicker,
} from "react-day-picker/locale"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/ui/calendar"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/popover"
import {
  useTranslation,
  type Translations,
} from "@/components/language-selector"

const translations: Translations = {
  en: {
    dir: "ltr",
    values: {
      placeholder: "Pick a date",
    },
  },
  ar: {
    dir: "rtl",
    values: {
      placeholder: "اختر تاريخًا",
    },
  },
  he: {
    dir: "rtl",
    values: {
      placeholder: "בחר תאריך",
    },
  },
}

const dayPickerLocales = {
  ar: arSADayPicker,
  he: heDayPicker,
} as const

const dateFnsLocales = {
  ar: arSA,
  he: he,
} as const

export function DatePickerRtl() {
  const { dir, t, language } = useTranslation(translations, "ar")
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  const dateFnsLocale =
    dir === "rtl"
      ? dateFnsLocales[language as keyof typeof dateFnsLocales]
      : undefined
  const dayPickerLocale =
    dir === "rtl"
      ? dayPickerLocales[language as keyof typeof dayPickerLocales]
      : undefined

  return (
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger
        render={
          <Button
            variant={"outline"}
            data-empty={!date}
            className="w-[212px] justify-between text-left font-normal data-[empty=true]:text-muted-foreground"
            dir={dir}
          />
        }
      >
        {date ? (
          format(date, "PPP", { locale: dateFnsLocale })
        ) : (
          <span>{t.placeholder}</span>
        )}
        <ChevronDownIcon data-icon="inline-end" />
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start" dir={dir}>
        <Calendar
          mode="single"
          selected={date}
          onSelect={setDate}
          defaultMonth={date}
          dir={dir}
          locale={dayPickerLocale}
        />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  )
}

API Reference

Source: react/src/components/examples/date-picker

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