Ultimate List of Datepickers
Here is my ultimate list of almost 50 datepickers (popup calendars) each rated each based on useful features, documentation, customization options and internationalization.
If you see anything inaccurate in this table please let me know.
I have gathered this list over the last year that I have been developing jQuery UI Datepicker with Keith . I never used anyone else’s code, but I certainly have gotten feature ideas from other datepickers – as I’m sure others have used features ideas that Keith and I have made.
If you feel I have rated a datepicker unfairly low or missed one from the list, let me know. I have probably overlooked something – there are so many great scripts out there it is hard to be perfectly objective and fair.
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17 comments
Hi Marc,
Interesting list. SCW generally rates better than 3/5 for people who rate it through the script sites I use but these things are so subjective. You haven’t listed my “next generation” script JACS which adds a load of functionality while keeping the same ease of implementation.
All the best,
Anthony
Fan-damn-tastic list. Thanks for drawing this up. I think it’ll be a huge help to a lot of developers.
Thanks Jody. I wish that were the case, however this list seems to have gained almost no traction in the web development community. Maybe someone will find it someday and link to it as a useful resource.
Hi Anthony,
Your standalone DatePicker definitely rates more than a 3. IMHO a 5. It is so easy to use, and is truly a standalone javascript.
Are there any plans to add themes to it? i.e. different look and feels for it?
dead links:
http://calendar.swazz.org
http://datetime.toolbocks.com
http://projects.exactlyoneturtle.com/date_picker/
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/redwards/html__.calendar.html
spam:
http://www.travelethos.com/html/caltest_incr_www.html
“Lotus Notes Web Datepicker”
and
“JavaScript Date Picker”
are same.
Mathieu Jondet’s Prototype/Scriptaculous DatePicker (formerly hosted at eulerian.com) is now at http://code.google.com/p/prototype-datepicker-widget/ and now features customizable and combinable date filters. My next step is to make pairing datepickers easy for range selections.
Lists get out-of-date, as you are missing the excellent and recently released:
http://www.monkeyphysics.com/mootools/script/2/datepicker
Works like a charm with animations and all, and best of all, its not using Ajax or any server-side components, making it fast and easy to install. Has so much more options than what I’m using it for! I personally loved the date-formatting options which follow PHP’s date() syntax, allowing me to simply output MySQL date’s and take them back in again.
Please consider adding AnyDatePicker to your list!
http://www.anydatepicker.net
Great help. Thanks for the insight.
Hey Marc,
Thanks for linking to my article on DateChooser. I’d like to know why it received such a low rating, I never put it through any sort of review, so your feedback could help me improve on it.
Thanks,
Matt
Don’t miss the Any+Timeâ„¢ DatePicker/TimePicker AJAX Calendar Widget, which is probably the fastest, easiest and most feature-laden date/time picker available. It supports countless formats, custom labels & styles, jQuery UI themes, keyboard accessibility and even time zones! And best of all, it’s free under the CC-BY-NC-SA license. For details, demos and downloads, visit:
http://www.ama3.com/anytime/
http://datepicker.org.ru/
Great list … However is a rating of “1” good or poor? The scale is missing
Another standalone datepicker and calendar component – CalendarJS.
http://www.bulgaria-web-developers.com/projects/javascript/calendar/
Another one would be mobiscroll.
It’s easily customizable, themable and well documented.
The UX is optimized for touch devices, but works well in a desktop environment too.
project page: http://mobiscroll.com
demo: http://demo.mobiscroll.com
documentation: http://code.google.com/p/mobiscroll/wiki/Documentation
Supported on Android, iOS, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE9.
I need a date chooser (date picker, calendar control) for SPSS. Is anyone?