AngularJS directives for pickadate.js.

http://toilal.github.io/ng-pickadate/

• AngularJS
• pickadate
• JQuery

1. Install dependency using bower

    bower install ng-pickadate --save
   

2. Set overrides property in bower.json to register pickadate CSS files

• Classic theme

      "overrides": {
        "pickadate": {
          "main": [
            "lib/picker.js",
            "lib/picker.date.js",
            "lib/picker.time.js",
            "lib/themes/classic.css",
            "lib/themes/classic.date.css",
            "lib/themes/classic.time.css"
          ]
        }
      }
  

• Default theme

      "overrides": {
        "pickadate": {
          "main": [
            "lib/picker.js",
            "lib/picker.date.js",
            "lib/picker.time.js",
            "lib/themes/default.css",
            "lib/themes/default.date.css",
            "lib/themes/default.time.css"
          ]
        }
      }
  

1. Declare the dependency

    angular.module('yourApp', ['pickadate']);
   

2. Use pick-a-date and pick-a-time directives.

   <input type="text" pick-a-date="curDate"/>
   <input type="text" pick-a-time="curTime"/>

   $scope.curDate = new Date(); // Only the date part of curDate
                                // is synced to pick-a-date directive
                                
   $scope.curTime = new Date(); // Only the time part of timeDate
                                // is synced to pick-a-time directive

3. You can also provide additional max-date and min-date values.

    <input type="text" pick-a-date="startDate" max-date="endDate"/>
    <input type="text" pick-a-date="endDate" min-date="startDate"/>
   

You can define pickadate.js options through pick-a-date-options and pick-a-time-options directives as well.

<input type="text" pick-a-date="curDate" pick-a-date-options="{ format: 'dd/mm/yy', selectYears: true }" />

If you find yourself setting the same options for multiple date pickers, you can set them as the default options for all date pickers by configuring pickADateProvider and pickATimeProvider.

angular.module('yourApp', ['pickadate'])
  .config(['pickADateProvider', 'pickATimeProvider', function (pickADateProvider, pickATimeProvider) {
    pickADateProvider.setOptions({
      format: 'dd/mm/yy',
      selectYears: true
    });

    pickATimeProvider.setOptions({
      today: ''
    });
  }]);

AngularJS form validation can be used using ngModel. Keep in mind that ngModel keeps the string value of the raw input.

<form name="dateForm">
  <input type="text" name="dateInput" ng-model="curDateText" pick-a-date="curDate"/>
  <div ng-show="dateForm.dateInput.$error.required" style="color: red;">
    <strong>Date is required.</strong>
  </div>
</form>

In order to correct how the pickadate.js affects ngModel states of its assigned input, ng-pickadate uses ngModelController to manually restore expected form validation states: $pristine, $dirty, $untouched, and $touched. The unexpected angular validation states caused by the pickadate.js jQuery plugin, and how they've been corrected, are as follows:

• When pickadate is initialized on an input, this triggers the input's ngModel to be marked as $dirty. To correct this, the ng-pickadate directives each set ngModel to $pristine at the end of the postlink function.
• When pickadate calendar opens, the input itself loses focus and its ngModel is marked as $touched. To correct this, the directives set ngModel to $untouched the first time the calendar opens, and set it to $touched whenever the calendar closes, via pickadate's onOpen and onClose methods, respectively.

This project is initially based on a blog post from Coding Insight