Date Type - Source As String

This sample explains the formatting options of the Date type with the date being available as string.

Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_181

Controls sap.ui.core UI5 1.71

The facts

Repository: abap2UI5/samples-controls
Class: Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_181
Source file: z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_181.clas.abap ↗
Library: sap.ui.core
UI5 entity: sap.ui.model.type.Date
Demo kit sample: sap.ui.core.sample.TypeDateAsString
SAP's own sample: running at sdk.openui5.org ↗
Minimum UI5: 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
In the playground: runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed

Keywords: date, sap.ui.model.type, typedateasstring, simpleform, label, datepicker, text

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The ABAP

z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_181.clas.abap — 111 lines Read it on GitHub ↗

" @keywords date sap.ui.model.type typedateasstring simpleform label datepicker text
" @summary This sample explains the formatting options of the Date type with the date being available as string.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_181 DEFINITION PUBLIC.

  PUBLIC SECTION.
    INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.

    DATA date TYPE string.

  PROTECTED SECTION.
    DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.

    METHODS view_display.

  PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.


CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_181 IMPLEMENTATION.

  METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.

    me->client = client.
    IF client->check_on_init( ).
      " original seeds the current date (UI5Date...toISOString) in yyyy-MM-dd;
      " a fixed date is used here so the port is deterministic
      date = `2026-07-24`.
      view_display( ).
    ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
      view_display( ).
    ENDIF.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD view_display.

    DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory( ).

    " sap.ui.model.type.Date data-type binding (TypeDateAsString). The DateType
    " is pulled via core:require and every DatePicker/Text keeps the original
    " { path, type: 'DateType', formatOptions: { style, source: { pattern } } }
    " binding 1:1 (raw binding-info string, braces escaped, path via _bind). The
    " model field is a yyyy-MM-dd string (the binding's source pattern).
    view->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
        )->a( n = `xmlns`        v = `sap.m`
        )->a( n = `xmlns:mvc`    v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
        )->a( n = `xmlns:form`   v = `sap.ui.layout.form`
        )->a( n = `xmlns:core`   v = `sap.ui.core`
        )->a( n = `core:require` v = `{DateType: 'sap/ui/model/type/Date'}`

        )->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
            )->a( n = `width`      v = `auto`
            )->a( n = `class`      v = `sapUiResponsiveMargin`
            )->a( n = `layout`     v = `ResponsiveGridLayout`
            )->a( n = `editable`   v = `true`
            )->a( n = `labelSpanL` v = `3`
            )->a( n = `labelSpanM` v = `3`
            )->a( n = `emptySpanL` v = `4`
            )->a( n = `emptySpanM` v = `4`
            )->a( n = `columnsL`   v = `1`
            )->a( n = `columnsM`   v = `1`
            )->a( n = `title`      v = `Date Input`

            )->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
                )->tag( `Label`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = `Date`
                )->tag( `DatePicker`
                    )->a( n = `value` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind_path( date ) }', type: 'DateType', formatOptions: \{ source: \{ pattern: 'yyyy-MM-dd' \} \} \}|

            )->end(
        )->end(

        )->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
            )->a( n = `width`      v = `auto`
            )->a( n = `class`      v = `sapUiResponsiveMargin`
            )->a( n = `layout`     v = `ResponsiveGridLayout`
            )->a( n = `labelSpanL` v = `3`
            )->a( n = `labelSpanM` v = `3`
            )->a( n = `emptySpanL` v = `4`
            )->a( n = `emptySpanM` v = `4`
            )->a( n = `columnsL`   v = `1`
            )->a( n = `columnsM`   v = `1`
            )->a( n = `title`      v = `Format Options`

            )->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
                )->tag( `Label`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = `Short`
                )->tag( `Text`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind_path( date ) }', type: 'DateType', formatOptions: \{ style: 'short', source: \{ pattern: 'yyyy-MM-dd' \} \} \}|
                )->tag( `Label`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = `Medium`
                )->tag( `Text`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind_path( date ) }', type: 'DateType', formatOptions: \{ style: 'medium', source: \{ pattern: 'yyyy-MM-dd' \} \} \}|
                )->tag( `Label`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = `Long`
                )->tag( `Text`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind_path( date ) }', type: 'DateType', formatOptions: \{ style: 'long', source: \{ pattern: 'yyyy-MM-dd' \} \} \}|
                )->tag( `Label`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = `Full`
                )->tag( `Text`
                    )->a( n = `text` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind_path( date ) }', type: 'DateType', formatOptions: \{ style: 'full', source: \{ pattern: 'yyyy-MM-dd' \} \} \}|

            )->end(
        )->end( ).

    client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).

  ENDMETHOD.

ENDCLASS.