Date & Time

The Date & Time field types allow administrators to select dates, times, or complete timestamps using native browser controls.

KraftAdmin automatically detects common Java and Kotlin date/time types and renders the appropriate input component.

Available Input Types

Supported Types

The following JVM types are automatically detected.

Automatic Detection

@Entity
class Event(

    var eventDate: LocalDate,

    var startTime: LocalTime,

    var createdAt: LocalDateTime
)

KraftAdmin automatically generates the appropriate date and time pickers.

Explicit Configuration

You can explicitly specify the desired input type.

@KraftAdminField(
    label = "Start Date",
    inputType = FormInputType.DATE
)
var startDate: LocalDate? = null

Date & Time

@KraftAdminField(
    label = "Published At",
    inputType = FormInputType.DATETIME
)
var publishedAt: LocalDateTime? = null

Time Only

@KraftAdminField(
    label = "Opening Time",
    inputType = FormInputType.TIME
)
var openingTime: LocalTime? = null

Required Field

@KraftAdminField(
    required = true,
    validationMessage = "Please select a date."
)
var eventDate: LocalDate? = null

Placeholder

Some browsers ignore placeholders for native date controls.

@KraftAdminField(
    placeholder = "Select a date"
)
var eventDate: LocalDate? = null

Read-only

@KraftAdminField(
    readonly = true
)
var createdAt: LocalDateTime? = null

The value is visible but cannot be modified.

Hide from Tables

@KraftAdminField(
    showInTable = false
)
var lastModified: LocalDateTime? = null

Useful for audit timestamps.

Sorting

Date fields are sortable by default.

@KraftAdminField(
    sortable = false
)
var scheduledAt: LocalDateTime? = null

Grouping

@KraftAdminField(
    group = "Scheduling"
)
var eventDate: LocalDate? = null

Best Practices

Related Properties

See Also

• Number
• Text
• Select
• Checkbox
• Range