Date Selector: a simple javascript web component

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Date Selector: a simple javascript web component

by Ryan Carter Apr 2nd 2007

Future Shock Software has a great component that quickly makes a field on your web page date-pickable. A simple line of javascript in your <head> tag and one line wherever you want the date picker in your page (preferably in the <body> tag), and you're done.

We love the quick and dirty-ness of this script, and yes there are tons of scripts out there that do the same thing, but this one works right out of the ~~box~~ zip file. There are free and paid versions (of course, there almost always are), the free version having a small link to Future Shock Software on the bottom of the component. One of the easier date pickers to implement that we've run across, and one I personally will be using again in other projects mostly because it is easy and quick.

Is there a better date picker you use in web dev projects we should know about, or another approach you would recommend other than using a "canned" date picker?

Tags: date selector, DateSelector, Future Shock Software, FutureShockSoftware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

chris said 12:15PM on 4-02-2007

I use http://tanny.ica.com/ica/tko/tkoblog.nsf/dx/date-input-and-calendar-popup
http://tanny.ica.com/ICA/TKO/tkoblog.nsf/dx/date-input-and-calendar-popup-instructions
who used http://www.totallysmartit.com/?action=published/calendar

Simon said 2:00PM on 4-02-2007

I use "The DHTML / JavaScript Calendar" http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/ - The website isn't lying when they say it's the best; I've searched for a while for JS calendars and this is the only one that I really like. There's a bit more involved in embedding it (last I checked, anyway; that may have changed), but it is extremely customizable and just works once it's set up.

Kylir Horton said 4:25PM on 4-02-2007

I second Simon's opinion of "The DHTML/JavaScript Calendar" as being the best. I've also integrated it into ASP.NET web pages and user/custom controls. It works superbly well and is very light.

matt said 12:59PM on 4-03-2007

Dojotoolkit.org

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