# Date Picker

This operation will add a Date picker field to the current [Form Container](/actions-and-operations/forms/form-container.md) action. The date picker will let the user quickly choose a date by selecting it from a dropdown calendar widget.

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### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting            | Description                                                                                             | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Label              | The text that should be displayed beside the field.                                                     | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Default Value      | The default date that will be displayed in the field.                                                   | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Minimum Date       | The minimum date the user can enter in the field or select from the dropdown widget.                    | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Maximum Date       | The maximum date the user can enter in the field or select from the dropdown widget.                    | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Mandatory          | Choose if the field is required to confirm the form or not.                                             | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Validation Message | The message that will be displayed if the the user input does not pass the validation expression check. | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Target Variable    | The variable that will receive the final value of the text area field.                                  | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |

### Remarks

This is a standard HTML Date picker field. UI layout may vary depending on the browser and on the platform used.

### Trigger

This action does not trigger any event. 

### Variables

This action does not return any variable but the one that have been specified in the *Target Variable* setting.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability       |
| ---------------- | ------------------ |
| Facebook         | Fully Available.   |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available.   |
| Telegram         | Fully Available.   |
| Web              | Fully Available.   |
| Alexa            | **Not Available.** |
| Google Assistant | **Not Available.** |
| Slack            | Fully Available.   |
| API              | Fully Available.   |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions. This action is available only to [Premium Accounts](/basic-concepts/your-account/the-free-plan.md).


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