Input Datetime valueProperty

Example

Set the date and time of the datetime field:

document.getElementById("myDatetime").value = "2014-01-02T11:42Z";

The value property is used to set or return the value of the value attribute of the datetime field.

The value attribute describes the date and time of the datetime field.

All major browsers support the value property.

Note:Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera 15 (and later versions), and Chrome support the <input> element with type="datetime".

Return the value property:

datetimeObject.value

Set the value property:

datetimeObject.value=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Value	Description
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD	Describes the date and time. Parsed as follows: YYYY - year (e.g., 2011) MM - month (e.g., 01 for January) DD - day (e.g., 08) T - separator required if time is specified hh - hour (e.g., 22 for 10.00pm) mm - minutes (e.g., 55) ss - seconds (e.g., 03) TZD - time zone designator (Z means Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)

Return value:	A string representing the date and time of the datetime field

Get the date and time of the datetime field:

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

xThe output is:

2014-02-06T10:57Z

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <input> value Attribute