How to wrap the datetimepicker js into AngularJS directive

Question

I have spent sometime on researching the existing datetime directives of angularjs.

Both ngularUI and AngularStrap do not provide a datetimepicker as I needed. Of co

Answer 1

I had the same issue. Here's what I ended up doing that worked well for me:

'use strict';

angular.module('frontStreetApp.directives')
    .directive('psDatetimePicker', function (moment) {
        var format = 'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm A';

        return {
            restrict: 'A',
            require: 'ngModel',
            link: function (scope, element, attributes, ctrl) {
                element.datetimepicker({
                    format: format
                });
                var picker = element.data("DateTimePicker");

                ctrl.$formatters.push(function (value) {
                    var date = moment(value);
                    if (date.isValid()) {
                        return date.format(format);
                    }
                    return '';
                });

                element.on('change', function (event) {
                    scope.$apply(function() {
                        var date = picker.getDate();
                        ctrl.$setViewValue(date.valueOf());
                    });
                });
            }
        };
    });

Here's the HTML:

<!-- The dueDate field is a UNIX offset of the date -->
<input type="text"
       ng-model="dueDate"
       ps-datetime-picker
       class="form-control">

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