php date picker web browsers

Question

I am working on a simple date picker which show todays date as a default. The problem is that I cant make it work same on different browsers as Chrome, firefox and Opera.

<?php
  $timezone = "Europe/Oslo";
  date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
  $today = date("d.m.Y");
echo $today." <br>";
?>

<html>
  <body>
    <input type="date" value="<?php echo $today ?>">
  </body>
</html>

Google Chrome:

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Firefox:

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Opera:

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As you can see in firefox i get the date, but not in GC or Opera.

But when I format the date as: $today = date("Y-m-d");

It looks like this in Google Chrome:

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Opera:

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Firefox:

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Sarath · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-07 09:08:27Z

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input type="date" is not supported in firefox so it takes the value just as a text and in chrome default format is dd/mm/yyyy

in opera default format is mm/dd/yyyy

if you just want to display the date change the type to text will support any format

<input type="text" value="<?php echo $today ?>">

answered Mar 7, 2014 at 9:08

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user3185936 Over a year ago

With that, it will lose this possibily to be a datepicker: i.imgur.com/HJBPmlo.png

Sarath Over a year ago

ok.. but it ( date type ) will not support in browsers like firefox and IE ,check jquery datepicker it will support all formats and will suport in all browsers jqueryui.com/datepicker

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 19:42:58Z

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The date type is not yet supported by FireFox.

For Chrome and Opera, you can format like this:

$ today = date ("Y-m-d");

To determine the browser and adjust your display you can use this method

You can also use a date picker js such as JQuery

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 19:42

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answered Mar 7, 2014 at 9:13

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