Date

A calendar date, or the start and end of a date range.

All settings

Select + in the editor, choose Date Picker, then select the question and open Content.

All questions also have Title and Description. Replace the starter title with your question; Description is optional and starts blank. Use it for instructions that should remain visible while answering. The defaults below are for a newly added question, not necessarily the example above. The example starts with Required on so you can try validation; real new questions default to optional.

Setting	Default	Behaviour and availability
Date Range	Off	Switch from one date to a start and end date.
Placeholder	Select a date…	Visible for a single date only.
Start Date Placeholder	Select start date…	Visible when Date Range is on.
End Date Placeholder	Select end date…	Visible when Date Range is on.
Show Today Button	Off	Add a Set to today shortcut; in range mode each end has its own shortcut.
Required	Off	Under Validation. Requires an answer before continuing when this question is shown.

Single dates and ranges

Use a single date for attendance on one day. Use Date Range for a period, and label its beginning and end with distinct placeholders. Compare the single-date and range examples; enabling a range replaces the single placeholder setting with two separate ones.

Show Today Button offers a shortcut rather than pre-filling an answer. In a range, setting the start to today does not fill the end too. Once someone starts a range, both ends need date values, even when the question is optional.

Know the current limits

The editor has no minimum/maximum date, weekday restriction or blackout-date configuration. The current answer validator checks date-shaped values but does not enforce start-before-end. Do not rely on range mode alone to reject reversed dates; test both directions in Preview.

A date contains no time of day. Add a Time question if that matters, and explain whether each endpoint is included in the period you are asking about. Test an untouched range, a half-filled range and a complete range.

Branching and piping

Open Advanced → Conditional Logic to route from an answer. In fields that offer { }, use piping to insert an earlier answer. Plan requirements apply to advanced logic, expressions and option attributes; these are separate from the Content settings above.

Related

• Compare question types
• Another format to consider
• Reuse an answer later