HTML DOM Input Date stepDown() Method

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Date stepdown() method defines the amount of days the date field should decrease.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Calling stepDown method with a number, which by default is equal to 1

inputDateObject.stepDown(number)

Example

Let us see an example of Input Date stepDown method −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Date stepDown()</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div>
Calendar: <input type="date" id="dateSelect" value ="2019-07-07">
</div>
</form>
<button onclick="changeStep(2)">Decrease by 2</button>
<button onclick="changeStep(3)">Decrease by 3</button>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputDate = document.getElementById("dateSelect");
   function changeStep(num){
      if(num===2)
         inputDate.stepDown(2);
      else
         inputDate.stepDown(3);
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Current date decreased by: '+num;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>