Adding a DateTime Picker to your Forms

Whether scheduling appointments or booking a vacation online - a DateTime Picker improves the User Experience tremendously.

Whether you're allowing users to schedule appointments, book a vacation, or schedule a rental online - using a DateTime picker improves the User Experience (UX) while also ensuring you have the precise date and time specified. This article provides you with all the tools you need to add a DateTime Picker to your forms.

Below is the HTML, JavaScript, and file includes needed to add a DateTime picker to your forms. Enjoy.

Step 1 - Add the HTML below to your website

//Modify the Form Fields to suit the needs of your website.
<div class="container">
  <div class="panel panel-primary">
    <div class="panel-heading">Schedule an Appointment</div>
      <div class="panel-body">
         <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6">
               <div class="form-group">
                  <label class="control-label">First Name</label>
                  <input type="text" class="form-control" name="fname" id="fname">
               </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6">
               <div class="form-group">
                  <label class="control-label">Last Name</label>
                  <input type="text" class="form-control" name="lname" id="lname">
               </div>
            </div>
         </div>
         <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6">
               <div class="form-group">
                  <label class="control-label">Email</label>
                  <input type="text" class="form-control" name="email" id="email">
               </div>
            </div>
            <div class='col-md-6'>
               <div class="form-group">
                  <label class="control-label">Appointment Time</label>
                  <div class='input-group date' id='datetimepicker1'>
                     <input type='text' class="form-control" />
                     <span class="input-group-addon">
                     <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span>
                     </span>
                  </div>
               </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Submit">
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

Step 2 - Add the JavaScript below to the webpage(s) your DateTime picker is on.

<script>
  $(function () {
    $('#datetimepicker1').datetimepicker();
 });
</script>

Step 3 - Add the includes below to the webpage(s) your DateTime picker is on.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/momentjs/2.14.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datetimepicker/4.17.37/js/bootstrap-datetimepicker.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datetimepicker/4.17.37/css/bootstrap-datetimepicker.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">

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