Angular 2 Material 2 datepicker date format

Question

I need help. I don't know how to change the date format of the material 2 datepicker. I've read documentation but I don't understand what I actually need to do. Output date format which datepicker provides by default is f.e.: 6/9/2017

What I'm trying to achieve is to change format to the 9-Jun-2017 or any other.

Documentation https://material.angular.io/components/component/datepicker doesn't help me at all. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Here is the only solution I found for this one:

First, create const:

const MY_DATE_FORMATS = {
   parse: {
       dateInput: {month: 'short', year: 'numeric', day: 'numeric'}
   },
   display: {
       // dateInput: { month: 'short', year: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' },
       dateInput: 'input',
       monthYearLabel: {year: 'numeric', month: 'short'},
       dateA11yLabel: {year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric'},
       monthYearA11yLabel: {year: 'numeric', month: 'long'},
   }
};

Then you have to extend NativeDateADapter:

export class MyDateAdapter extends NativeDateAdapter {
   format(date: Date, displayFormat: Object): string {
       if (displayFormat == "input") {
           let day = date.getDate();
           let month = date.getMonth() + 1;
           let year = date.getFullYear();
           return this._to2digit(day) + '/' + this._to2digit(month) + '/' + year;
       } else {
           return date.toDateString();
       }
   }

   private _to2digit(n: number) {
       return ('00' + n).slice(-2);
   } 
}

In format function, you can choose whatever format you want

And the last step, you have to add it into module providers:

providers: [
    {provide: DateAdapter, useClass: MyDateAdapter},
    {provide: MD_DATE_FORMATS, useValue: MY_DATE_FORMATS},
],

And that's it. I can not believe that there is no some easy way to change date format through the @Input but let's hope it will be implemented in some future version of material 2 (currently beta 6).