Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
id	string		A unique ID. This ID will be used to get the value
type	string	date	Type of the field
title	string		Title of the field
default	array		Default value from database, if option doesn’t exist
subtitle	string		Subtitle to display below the title
desc	string		Description to display after the field
help	string		Extra CSS classes (space separated) to append to the field
before	string		Content to display before the field
after	string		Content to display after the field
dependency	array		Define field visibility depending on other field values
attributes	array		Extra HTML attributes to append to the field
sanitize	string		Callback function for sanitizing value
validate	string		Callback funciton for validating value
EXTRAS
settings	array		An associative array containing arguments for the setting

Settings Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
dateFormat	string	mm/dd/yy	Format for parsed and displayed dates
changeMonth	bool	false	Flag to display month as dropdown instead of text
changeYear	bool	false	Flag to display year as dropdown instead of text
showWeek	bool	false	When true, a column is added to show the week of the year
showButtonPanel	bool	false	Flag to display a button pane underneath the calendar
weekHeader	string	Wk	Text to display for the week of the year column heading
monthNamesShort	array		List of abbreviated month names, as used in the month header on each datepicker and as requested via the dateFormat option
dayNamesMin	array		List of minimised day names, starting from Sunday, for use as column headers within the datepicker

Get more information for jquery-ui-datepicker arguments.

Simple Date Field Example

array(
  'id' => 'test-date',
  'type' => 'date',
  'title' => 'Example Date',
),

Advanced Date Field Example

array(
  'id' => 'test-date',
  'type' => 'date',
  'title' => 'Example Date',
  'settings' => array(
    'dateFormat' => 'mm/dd/yy',
    'changeMonth' => true,
    'changeYear' => true,
    'showWeek' => true,
    'showButtonPanel' => true,
    'weekHeader' => 'Week',
    'monthNamesShort' => array( 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December' ),
    'dayNamesMin' => array( 'Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday' ),
  ),
),