---
title: "Angular date time scroller picker example | Mobiscroll"
component: "Date & Time"
framework: "Angular"
library_version: "6.1.5"
url: "https://demo.mobiscroll.com/angular/datetime/date-time-picker"
---

# Date & time selection - Angular Date & Time demo

Angular Datetime scroller demo with date, hour and minute wheels. Featuring iPhone style rendering and format. With source code.

- [Live demo](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/angular/datetime/date-time-picker)
- [View code on GitHub](https://github.com/acidb/mobiscroll-demos-angular/tree/main/src/demos/datepicker/datetime/date-time-picker)
- This demo in other frameworks: [JavaScript](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/javascript/datetime/date-time-picker.md), [jQuery](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/jquery/datetime/date-time-picker.md), [React](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/react/datetime/date-time-picker.md), [Vue](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/vue/datetime/date-time-picker.md)

## Description

The date picker ships with five built-in variations for rendering the UI. The [`controls` option](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-controls) supports the following:

- `date` - renders a date-only scroller or dropdown control
- `time` - renders a time-only scroller or dropdown control
- `timegrid` - renders a time grid for time selection
- `datetime` - renders a date & time scroller or dropdown
- `calendar` - renders a calendar view for date picking

Use `controls: ['datetime']` for rendering a date & time picker within the same control, tied to the same input, or use them separately for two inputs - `controls: ['date']` and `controls: ['time']`. It will render a scrollers for `touchUi: true` and a dropdowns for `touchUi: false`.

**Interested in dynamically switching between modes?** [Learn how to set up responsive behavior →](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/angular/datetime/responsive)

## What this demo shows

- Three wheel-style configurations for selecting a single date and time.
- **Compact date and time picker** The first example uses separate scrollable wheels for the date, hour, minute, and AM/PM. The current date is labeled `Today`, while other dates use an abbreviated day, month, and date format.
- **Expanded date and time picker** The second example uses separate scrollable wheels for the month, date, and year, with the hour, minute, and AM/PM wheels displayed alongside them.
- **Date and time picker with separate inputs** The third example uses one input to open month, date, and year wheels and a second input to open hour, minute, and AM/PM wheels.
- **Input behavior** Each picker opens at the bottom of the container over a darkened backdrop. Clicking outside the picker closes it.
- **Scrolling behavior** The selected values appear in a central selection area, while neighboring values are visually subdued. Users scroll vertically through each wheel to change the selection.
- **Footer actions** In the input-based examples, `Cancel` discards the changes and `Set` confirms the selected values.
- **Input value** After the user selects `Set`, the input displays the confirmed value in the format configured for that example.

## Best for

- **Compact date and time selection** Forms and mobile interfaces where users need to choose a date and time in a space-efficient picker.
- **Detailed date and time selection** Workflows where displaying the month, date, year, and time wheels together makes each part of the selection easy to review.
- **Separate date and time fields** Forms that collect the date and time independently or apply separate validation and formatting to each value.

## Tutorial

```html
<mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['datetime']"
    [touchUi]="true">
</mbsc-datepicker>
```

```html
<mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['date', 'time']"
    [touchUi]="true">
</mbsc-datepicker>
```

```html
<!-- date picker -->
<mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['date']"
    [touchUi]="true">
</mbsc-datepicker>

<!-- time picker -->
<mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['time']"
    [touchUi]="true">
</mbsc-datepicker>
```

## API used in this demo

- [`theme`](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-theme) - option
- [`themeVariant`](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-themeVariant) - option
- [`controls`](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-controls) - option
- [`inputStyle`](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-inputStyle) - option
- [`labelStyle`](https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/datepicker/api#opt-labelStyle) - option

## Code

### Component

```ts
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { MbscModule, setOptions } from '@mobiscroll/angular';

setOptions({
  theme: 'ios',
  themeVariant: 'light'
});

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root', 
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [CommonModule, MbscModule],
})
export class AppComponent {}
```

### Template

```html
<mbsc-page>
  <mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['datetime']"
    label="Compact date & time picker"
    inputStyle="outline"
    labelStyle="stacked"
    placeholder="Please Select..."
  ></mbsc-datepicker>
  <mbsc-datepicker
    [controls]="['date', 'time']"
    label="Expanded date & time picker"
    inputStyle="outline"
    labelStyle="stacked"
    placeholder="Please Select..."
  ></mbsc-datepicker>

  <div class="mbsc-grid mbsc-no-padding">
    <div class="mbsc-row">
      <div class="mbsc-col-6">
        <mbsc-datepicker
          [controls]="['date']"
          label="Date"
          inputStyle="outline"
          labelStyle="stacked"
          placeholder="Please Select..."
        ></mbsc-datepicker>
      </div>
      <div class="mbsc-col-6">
        <mbsc-datepicker
          [controls]="['time']"
          label="Time"
          inputStyle="outline"
          labelStyle="stacked"
          placeholder="Please Select..."
        ></mbsc-datepicker>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</mbsc-page>
```

## Implementation notes

- Four independent `Datepicker` instances, each bound to its own input, illustrating three ways to combine date and time controls.
- **Compact picker** `controls: ['datetime']` renders a single combined wheel set (day/date label + hour + minute + AM/PM) in one control tied to one input.
- **Expanded picker** `controls: ['date', 'time']` renders the full month/date/year wheels alongside the hour/minute/AM-PM wheels in the same picker instance/input - two control types combined but still one input, distinct from the single fused `datetime` wheel of the compact variant.
- **Separate inputs** Two independent `Datepicker` instances are used instead of one: `controls: ['date']` on one input and `controls: ['time']` on the other, so date and time are captured, validated, and formatted independently.
- `touchUi` (true by default on touch devices) determines whether each picker renders as scroller wheels (`touchUi: true`) or dropdowns (`touchUi: false`); all three configurations respect it identically.

## Run it in your project

1. If not signed up yet, or don't own a license, you can [start a free trial](https://mobiscroll.com/starttrial).

2. Clone the repository:

   ```
   git clone https://github.com/acidb/mobiscroll-demos-angular.git
   ```

3. If not installed yet, install the Mobiscroll CLI from NPM:

   ```
   npm install -g @mobiscroll/cli
   ```

4. Config Mobiscroll - open a terminal window in the root directory and run:

   ```
   mobiscroll config angular
   ```

5. Install dependencies - open a terminal window in the root directory and run:

   ```
   npm install
   ```

6. Run the project:

   ```
   ng serve
   ```

On a trial, add `--trial` to the config command: `mobiscroll config angular --trial`.

Running a demo locally requires a Mobiscroll trial or a license; setup is per framework at https://mobiscroll.com/docs/angular/getting-started/installation

## Related demos

- Previous: [Time selection](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/angular/datetime/time-picker.md) - Angular Time picker demo with scroller wheel rendering for mobile and touch devices. Bottom or center display.
- Next: [Setting time select steps](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/angular/datetime/time-value-steps.md) - Angular Date and time demo with 5 and 15 minute steps. Control hour, minute and second steps. With source code.