Question

I need to set intial value for DateInputElement. The .dart file has a variable dob with initial value:

String dob='01/01/2013'

and html has

<input id='mydob' type='date' name='dob' required='true' bind-value='dob'/>

dob is not shown when UI is displayed. The control shows mm/dd/yyyy.
If I select a date on UI, the date value is populated in dob variable.

Although bind-value sets two way binding, still tried setting the value to dob as follows without success:

<input id='mydob' type='date' name='dob' required='true' value={{dob}}  bind-  value='dob'/>

Also tried the following in life cycle events but did not work:

DateInputElement e = query('#mydob');
e.value=dob;

Answer 1

The format you are trying to put into the field is wrong. It’s supposed to be 2013-01-01 (YYYY-MM-DD) according to the RFC. This is completely independent from dart or any other binding.