---
title: 'Input Datepicker: Overview'
parts:
  - Input Datepicker
  - Overview
eleventyNavigation:
  key: 'Input Datepicker: Overview'
  order: 10
  parent: Input Datepicker
  title: Overview
---

# Input Datepicker: Overview

A web component based on the date text input field. Its purpose is to provide a way for users to fill in a date with a datepicker.
For an input field with a big range, such as `birthday-input`, a datepicker is not the best choice due to the high variance between possible inputs.
We encourage using our standard [input-date](../input-date/overview.md) for this.

```js script
import { html } from '@mdjs/mdjs-preview';
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-input-datepicker.js';
```

```js preview-story
export const main = () => {
  return html` <lion-input-datepicker label="Date" name="date"></lion-input-datepicker> `;
};
```

## Features

- Input field with a datepicker to help to choose a date
- Based on our [input-date](../input-date/overview.md)
- Makes use of our [calendar](../calendar/overview.md) inside the datepicker
- Makes use of [formatDate](../../fundamentals/systems/localize/dates.md) for formatting and parsing.
- Option to overwrite locale to change the formatting and parsing
- Can make use of date specific [validators](../../fundamentals/systems/form/validate.md) with corresponding error messages in different languages
  - IsDate (default)
  - MinDate
  - MaxDate
  - MinMaxDate
  - IsDateDisabled

## Installation

```bash
npm i --save @lion/ui
```

```js
import { LionInputDatepicker } from '@lion/ui/input-datepicker.js';
// or
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-input-datepicker.js';
```