Date Picker

A date picker component with range and presets.

Pick a date

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/cubix/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/cubix/calendar"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/cubix/popover"

export function DatePickerDemo() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  return (
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger
        render={
          <Button
            variant="outline"
            data-empty={!date}
            className="w-[212px] justify-between text-left font-normal data-[empty=true]:text-muted-foreground"
          />
        }
      >
        {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
        <ChevronDownIcon data-icon="inline-end" />
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
        <Calendar
          mode="single"
          selected={date}
          onSelect={setDate}
          defaultMonth={date}
        />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  )
}

Installation

The Date Picker is built using a composition of the Popover and the Calendar components.

See installation instructions for the Popover and the Calendar components.

pnpm dlx cubix@latest add calendar popover

Usage

components/example-date-picker.tsx

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { format } from "date-fns"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/cubix/button"
import { Calendar } from "@/components/cubix/calendar"
import {
  Popover,
  PopoverContent,
  PopoverTrigger,
} from "@/components/cubix/popover"

export function DatePickerDemo() {
  const [date, setDate] = React.useState<Date>()

  return (
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger
        render={
          <Button
            variant="outline"
            data-empty={!date}
            className="w-[212px] justify-between text-left font-normal data-[empty=true]:text-muted-foreground"
          />
        }
      >
        {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
        <ChevronDownIcon data-icon="inline-end" />
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
        <Calendar
          mode="single"
          selected={date}
          onSelect={setDate}
          defaultMonth={date}
        />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  )
}

See the React DayPicker documentation for more information.

Composition

A date picker is built from Popover and Calendar (there is no DatePicker root component):

Popover
├── PopoverTrigger
└── PopoverContent
    └── Calendar

Examples

Basic

A basic date picker component.

Date

<Popover>
  <PopoverTrigger render={<Button variant="outline" />}>
    {date ? format(date, "PPP") : <span>Pick a date</span>}
  </PopoverTrigger>
  <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
    <Calendar mode="single" selected={date} onSelect={setDate} />
  </PopoverContent>
</Popover>

Range Picker

A date picker component for selecting a range of dates.

Date Picker Range

<Calendar
  mode="range"
  defaultMonth={date?.from}
  selected={date}
  onSelect={setDate}
  numberOfMonths={2}
/>

Date of Birth

A date picker for selecting a date of birth, with a dropdown caption layout for month and year.

Date of birth

<Calendar
  mode="single"
  selected={date}
  captionLayout="dropdown"
  onSelect={(date) => {
    setDate(date)
    setOpen(false)
  }}
/>

Input

A date picker with an input field for selecting a date.

Subscription Date

<InputGroup>
  <InputGroupInput value={value} onChange={...} />
  <InputGroupAddon align="inline-end">
    <Popover>
      <PopoverTrigger render={<InputGroupButton size="icon-xs" />}>
        <CalendarIcon />
      </PopoverTrigger>
      <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0">
        <Calendar mode="single" selected={date} onSelect={...} />
      </PopoverContent>
    </Popover>
  </InputGroupAddon>
</InputGroup>

Time Picker

A date picker with a time input field for selecting a time.

Date

Time

<Input
  type="time"
  step="1"
  defaultValue="10:30:00"
  className="appearance-none bg-background [&::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator]:hidden"
/>

Natural Language Picker

This component uses the chrono-node library to parse natural language dates.

pnpm add chrono-node

Schedule Date

Your post will be published on September 26, 2026.

import { parseDate } from "chrono-node"

const date = parseDate(value)

API Reference

See the Calendar and Popover docs, plus the React DayPicker documentation.