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title: Date Field
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label: Date
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order: 70
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desc: The Date field type stores a Date in the database. Learn how to use and customize the Date field, see examples and options.
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keywords: date, fields, config, configuration, documentation, Content Management System, cms, headless, javascript, node, react, express
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---
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The Date field type saves a Date in the database and provides the Admin panel with a customizable
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time picker interface.
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<LightDarkImage
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srcLight="https://payloadcms.com/images/docs/fields/date.png"
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srcDark="https://payloadcms.com/images/docs/fields/date-dark.png"
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alt="Shows a Date field in the Payload admin panel"
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caption="Admin panel screenshot of a Date field"
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/>
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This field uses [`react-datepicker`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-datepicker) for the Admin panel component.
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### Config
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| Option | Description |
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| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| **`name`** \* | To be used as the property name when stored and retrieved from the database. [More](/docs/fields/overview#field-names) |
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| **`label`** | Text used as a field label in the Admin panel or an object with keys for each language. |
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| **`index`** | Build an [index](/docs/database/overview) for this field to produce faster queries. Set this field to `true` if your users will perform queries on this field's data often. |
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| **`validate`** | Provide a custom validation function that will be executed on both the Admin panel and the backend. [More](/docs/fields/overview#validation) |
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| **`saveToJWT`** | If this field is top-level and nested in a config supporting [Authentication](/docs/authentication/config), include its data in the user JWT. |
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| **`hooks`** | Provide field-based hooks to control logic for this field. [More](/docs/fields/overview#field-level-hooks) |
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| **`access`** | Provide field-based access control to denote what users can see and do with this field's data. [More](/docs/fields/overview#field-level-access-control) |
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| **`hidden`** | Restrict this field's visibility from all APIs entirely. Will still be saved to the database, but will not appear in any API or the Admin panel. |
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| **`defaultValue`** | Provide data to be used for this field's default value. [More](/docs/fields/overview#default-values) |
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| **`localized`** | Enable localization for this field. Requires [localization to be enabled](/docs/configuration/localization) in the Base config. |
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| **`required`** | Require this field to have a value. |
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| **`admin`** | Admin-specific configuration. See below for [more detail](#admin-config). |
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| **`custom`** | Extension point for adding custom data (e.g. for plugins) |
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_\* An asterisk denotes that a property is required._
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### Admin Config
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In addition to the default [field admin config](/docs/fields/overview#admin-config), you can customize the following fields that will adjust how the component displays in the admin panel via the `date` property.
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| Property | Description |
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| **`placeholder`** | Placeholder text for the field. |
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| **`date`** | Pass options to customize date field appearance. |
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| **`date.displayFormat`** | Format date to be shown in field **cell**. |
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| **`date.pickerAppearance`** \* | Determines the appearance of the datepicker: `dayAndTime` `timeOnly` `dayOnly` `monthOnly`. |
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| **`date.monthsToShow`** \* | Number of months to display max is 2. Defaults to 1. |
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| **`date.minDate`** \* | Min date value to allow. |
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| **`date.maxDate`** \* | Max date value to allow. |
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| **`date.minTime`** \* | Min time value to allow. |
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| **`date.maxTime`** \* | Max date value to allow. |
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| **`date.overrides`** \* | Pass any valid props directly to the [react-datepicker](https://github.com/Hacker0x01/react-datepicker/blob/master/docs/datepicker.md) |
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| **`date.timeIntervals`** \* | Time intervals to display. Defaults to 30 minutes. |
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| **`date.timeFormat`** \* | Determines time format. Defaults to `'h:mm aa'`. |
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_\* This property is passed directly to [react-datepicker](https://github.com/Hacker0x01/react-datepicker/blob/master/docs/datepicker.md). ._
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#### Display Format and Picker Appearance
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These properties only affect how the date is displayed in the UI. The full date is always stored in the format `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ` (e.g. `1999-01-01T8:00:00.000+05:00`).
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`displayFormat` determines how the date is presented in the field **cell**, you can pass any valid (unicode date format)[https://date-fns.org/v2.29.3/docs/format].
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`pickerAppearance` sets the appearance of the **react datepicker**, the options available are `dayAndTime`, `dayOnly`, `timeOnly`, and `monthOnly`. By default, the datepicker will display `dayOnly`.
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When only `pickerAppearance` is set, an equivalent format will be rendered in the date field cell. To overwrite this format, set `displayFormat`.
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### Example
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`collections/ExampleCollection.ts`
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```ts
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import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
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export const ExampleCollection: CollectionConfig = {
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slug: 'example-collection',
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fields: [
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{
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name: 'dateOnly',
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type: 'date',
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admin: {
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date: {
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pickerAppearance: 'dayOnly',
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displayFormat: 'd MMM yyy',
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},
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},
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},
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{
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name: 'timeOnly',
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type: 'date',
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admin: {
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date: {
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pickerAppearance: 'timeOnly',
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displayFormat: 'h:mm:ss a',
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},
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},
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},
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{
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name: 'monthOnly',
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type: 'date',
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admin: {
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date: {
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pickerAppearance: 'monthOnly',
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displayFormat: 'MMMM yyyy',
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},
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},
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},
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],
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}
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```
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