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Guidance
When to use
- Use the date input when your user flow does not require separate fields for month, day, and year.
- Use the date input for most dates, particularly memorable dates like date of birth, marriage date, health coverage start or end dates, or income start date.
When to consider alternatives
- Don't use if users are entering a date within the last year or a future date. Instead, use the date picker.
Usage
Allow users to have flexibility in entering the date, such as allowing one-digit numbers with or without "0" prior to the number, or entering a date with or without slashes to separate month, day, and year.
- Example: "1" as well as "01" for a month or day.
- Example: "05/01/2022" as well as "05012022".
Accessibility
- These text fields should follow the accessibility guidelines for all text inputs.
- Users will be able to enter a variety of date formats that automatically format to the correct date format of MM/DD/YYYY. This change happens once the form field loses focus. For example, a user enters a date as "4122020" and it changes to "04/01/2020" once focus leaves the date input.
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Component maturity
This component meets 100% of our maturity criteria.
What does this mean?
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Color:Â Meets AA color contrast standards for accessibility and color blindness.
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Forced Colors Mode (FCM):Â While using FCM the components text is legible and improves readability.
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WCAG 2.1 Level AA Conformance:Â All Axe checks for WCAG AA compliance have passed.
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Screen readers:Â VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS screen readers provide concise communication and interaction.
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Keyboard navigation:Â Component is fully navigable with a keyboard.
Accessibility
- Complete
Storybook:Â Component has stories to cover all defined props.
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Responsive:Â Component designed to work in all responsive breakpoints.
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Spanish translations:Â Includes Spanish translations for default text content.
Code
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Code:Â Tokens implemented in code.
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Design:Â Tokens implemented in the Sketch.