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How to get started easily with Syncfusion Angular 8 DateRangePicker component?

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A quick start project that helps you to create an Angular 8 DateRangePicker component with a minimal code configuration.

Angular 8 DateRangePicker

The following section explains the steps required to create a simple Angular 8 DateRangePicker component.

Pre-requisites

Make sure that you have the compatible versions of Angular in your machine before starting to work on this project.

Introduction

The Angular 8 DateRangePicker used in this project is created from the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package. You can simply define it as <ejs-daterangepicker> within the template.

Dependencies

Before starting with this project, the Angular 8 DateRangePicker requires to add the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package from npmjs, which are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages.

Creating Angular Project

To create the Angular project using the Angular CLI tool, follow the given steps.

Install Angular CLI 8 using following command.

npm install @angular/cli@8.1.1 -g

 

Now, create a new Angular project by using the command ng new and navigate to that folder.

ng new <project name>
cd <project name>

 

Install the ej2-angular-calendars package through the npm install command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars --save

 

Adding Angular 8 DateRangePicker

You can add the Angular 8 DateRangePicker component by using ejs-daterangepicker directive and the attributes within the tag allows you to define other functionalities.

Import the DateRangePicker module into the Angular application (app.module.ts) from the ej2-angular-calendars package.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { DateRangePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 
@NgModule({
    imports: [ BrowserModule,  DateRangePickerModule ],
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
 
export class AppModule {}

 

Define the Angular DateRangePicker code within the app.component.html file mapped against the templateUrl option in the app.component.ts file.

Here, the DateRangePicker component is rendered using the startDate and endDate properties.

[app.component.ts]

import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 
@Component ({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
 
export class AppComponent {
    public start: Date = new Date ("10/07/2017"); 
    public end: Date = new Date ("11/25/2017");
    constructor () {}
}

 

[app.component.html]

<ejs-daterangepicker id='daterangepicker' placeholder='Select a range' [startDate]='start' [endDate]='end'></ejs-daterangepicker>

 

Refer to the CDN link of CSS reference within the index.html file.

[index.html]

<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

 

Run the application with the ng serve command, and the DateRangePicker will be displayed with start and end dates on the browser as shown below.

Screenshot

Angular 8 DateRangePicker component

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed about how to get started easily with Syncfusion Angular 8 DateRangePicker component.

You can refer to our Angular DateRangePicker feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our Angular DateRangePicker example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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