Date field types

A date,time or datetime field type stores its value as a specific LocalDate, LocalTime or LocalDateTime java type. It is usually visualized as a textbox with a date and/or time picker.

The following date and time types are available:

Type Java type Remarks

date

LocalDate

A date without a time fragment, eg. 20-May-2018.

time

LocalTime

Time fragment only, eg. 15:06.

datetime

LocalDateTime

A date with a time fragment, eg. 20-May-2018 15:06.
Example date field
document-definition:
  name: person
  content:
    - id: name
      type: string
    - id: birthdate
      type: date
Example time field
document-definition:
  name: employee
  content:
    - id: name
      type: string
    - id: starts-working-at
      type: time
    - id: stops-working-at
      type: time
Example datetime field
document-definition:
  name: review
  content:
    - id: name
      type: string
    - id: reviewed-at
      type: datetime

A date, time, and datetime type can also be used as storage type for an enumeration.