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

# Date & time selection - JavaScript Date & Time demo

Javascript Datetime scroller demo with date, hour and minute wheels. Featuring iPhone style rendering and format. With source code. Plain JS api for usage everywhere.

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

```js
mobiscroll.datepicker('#datetime-picker', {
    controls: ['datetime'],
    touchUi: true
});
```

```js
mobiscroll.datepicker('#date-time-picker', {
    controls: ['date', 'time'],
    touchUi: true
});
```

```js
// date picker
mobiscroll.datepicker('#date-picker', {
    controls: ['date'],
    touchUi: true
});

// time picker
mobiscroll.datepicker('#time-picker', {
    controls: ['time'],
    touchUi: true
});
```

## API used in this demo

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

## Code

### JS

```js
mobiscroll.setOptions({
  theme: 'ios',
  themeVariant: 'light'
});

mobiscroll.datepicker('#demo-compact', {
  controls: ['datetime'],
});

mobiscroll.datepicker('#demo-expanded', {
  controls: ['date', 'time'],
});

mobiscroll.datepicker('#demo-date', {
  controls: ['date'],
});

mobiscroll.datepicker('#demo-time', {
  controls: ['time'],
});
```

### HTML

```html
<label>
    Compact date & time picker
    <input id="demo-compact" mbsc-input data-input-style="outline" data-label-style="stacked" placeholder="Please select..." />
</label>

<label>
    Expanded date & time picker
    <input id="demo-expanded" mbsc-input data-input-style="outline" data-label-style="stacked" placeholder="Please select..." />
</label>
<div class="mbsc-grid mbsc-no-padding">
    <div class="mbsc-row">
        <div class="mbsc-col-6">
            <label>
                Date
                <input id="demo-date" mbsc-input data-input-style="outline" data-label-style="stacked" placeholder="Please select..." />
            </label>
        </div>
        <div class="mbsc-col-6">
            <label>
                Time
                <input id="demo-time" mbsc-input data-input-style="outline" data-label-style="stacked" placeholder="Please select..." />
            </label>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
```

## 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-javascript.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 javascript
   ```

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

   ```
   npm install
   ```

6. Run the project:

   ```
   npm run dev
   ```

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

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

## Related demos

- Previous: [Time selection](https://demo.mobiscroll.com/javascript/datetime/time-picker.md) - Javascript 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/javascript/datetime/time-value-steps.md) - Javascript Date and time demo with 5 and 15 minute steps. Control hour, minute and second steps. With source code.