Examples

Guidance

When to use

• Use the date input when your user flow does not require separate fields for month, day, and year.
• Use the date input for most dates, particularly memorable dates like date of birth, marriage date, health coverage start or end dates, or income start date.

Guidelines

Usage

Allow users to have flexibility in entering the date, such as allowing one-digit numbers with or without "0" prior to the number, or entering a date with or without slashes to separate month, day, and year.

• Example: "1" as well as "01" for a month or day.
• Example: "05/01/2022" as well as "05012022".

When to consider alternatives

• Don't use if users are entering a date within the last year or a future date. Instead, use the date picker.

Accessibility

• These text fields should follow the accessibility guidelines for all text inputs.
• Users will be able to enter a variety of date formats that automatically format to the correct date format of MM/DD/YYYY. This change happens once the form field loses focus. For example, a user enters a date as "4122020" and it changes to "04/01/2020" once focus leaves the date input.

Accessibility testing

Screen reader testing

• Screen readers should announce that the date field is editable.
• If the field already has content within it, the screen reader should announce the existing contents.
• Screen readers must announce text fields and their labels in the same order they appear visually on the page.
• Screen readers must also announce if a field is required.

Keyboard testing

• Using only a keyboard, you can navigate to the date field, type in it, and navigate away from it.
• The field should have a visible focus indicator and highlight any existing contents when navigated to.

Code

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Style customization

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Related components

• Date field (multi-input)
• Date field (with calendar)

Component maturity