Date Time Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor date time control displays a date/time picker field based on the Flatpickr (opens new window) library.

The control is defined in Control_Date_Time class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::DATE_TIME constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	date_time	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	true	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
picker_options	array	enableTime:true, minuteIncrement:1	The picker configurations.
default	string		Default date/time in MySQL format (YYYY-mm-dd HH:ii).

Return Value

(string) The chosen date/time in MySQL format (YYYY-mm-dd HH:ii).

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'due_date',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Due Date', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::DATE_TIME,
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();

		if ( empty( $settings['due_date'] ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$due_date = strtotime( $settings['due_date'] );
		$due_date_in_days = $due_date / DAY_IN_SECONDS;
		?>
		<p><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Something will happen in %s days.', 'textdomain' ), $due_date_in_days ); ?></p>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<#
		if ( '' === settings.due_date ) {
			return;
		}

		const due_date = new Date( settings.due_date );
		const now_date = new Date();
		const due_date_in_days = Math.floor( ( due_date - now_date ) / 86400000 ); // 86400000 milliseconds in one Day.
		#>
		<p> Something will happen in {{{ due_date_in_days }}} days. </p>
		<?php
	}

}