HTML DOM Input DatetimeLocal step Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input DatetimeLocal step property determines the legal intervals for seconds or milliseconds.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning number value

inputDatetimeLocalObject.step

Setting step attribute to a number value

inputDatetimeLocalObject.step = number

Parameters

Parameter number values −

Value	Description
seconds	valid values constitute of those numbers that divide 60 perfectly (eg: 10,15,20)
milliseconds	valid values start with “.” and divide 1000 perfectly (eg: .10, .20, .01)

Example

Let us see an example of Input DatetimeLocal step property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input DatetimeLocal step</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Datetime-Local-step</legend>
<label for="datetimeLocalSelect">Local Date Time :
<input type="datetime-local" id="datetimeLocalSelect" step="2">
</label>
<input type="button" onclick="changeStep('10')" value="Step Seconds to 10">
<input type="button" onclick="changeStep('.10')" value="Step milliseconds to .10">
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputDatetimeLocal = document.getElementById("datetimeLocalSelect");
   function changeStep(myStep) {
      inputDatetimeLocal.step = myStep;
      if(inputDatetimeLocal.step.indexOf('.') === -1)
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Seconds step: '+inputDatetimeLocal.step;
      else
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Milli-seconds step: '+inputDatetimeLocal.step;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>