Input Date value Property

Set a date for a date field:

document.getElementById("myDate").value = "2014-02-09";

Description

The value property sets or returns the value of the value attribute of a date field.

The value attribute specifies a date for the date field.

Property
value	Yes	12.0	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: <input type="date"> does not show as a proper date field in IE11, and earlier.

Return the value property:

inputdateObject.value

Set the value property:

inputdateObject.value = YYYY-MM-DD

Value	Description
YYYY-MM-DD	Specifies a date for the date field. Explanation of components: YYYY - year (e.g. 2011) MM - month (e.g. 01 for January) DD - day of the month (e.g. 08) An example: "2014-02-09" means February 9th, 2014 (09/02/2014).

Return Value:	A String, representing the date of the date field

Get the date of a date field:

var x = document.getElementById("myDate").value;

An example that shows the difference between the defaultValue and value property:

var x = document.getElementById("myDate");
var defaultVal = x.defaultValue;
var currentVal = x.value;