HTML DOM Input Datetime name Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Datetime name property returns a string, which is the value of the name attribute of input datetime. User can also set it to a new string.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning string value

inputDatetimeObject.name

Setting name attribute to a string value

inputDatetimeObject.name = ‘String’

Example

Let us see an example of Input Datetime name property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Datetime Name</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Datetime: <input type="datetime" id="datetime" name="Mother's Birth Day" value="1983-05-13T15:32IST">
</form>
<button onclick="changeNameValue()">Change name value</button>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
<script>
   var inputDatetime = document.getElementById("datetime");
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   divDisplay.textContent = 'Name of datetime input: '+inputDatetime.name;
   function changeNameValue() {
      if(inputDatetime.name == "Mother's Birth Day"){
         inputDatetime.name = "Fathers's Birth Day";
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Name of datetime input: '+inputDatetime.name;
      }
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>