Select dates from the past

[iamvivekkaushik]

Select dates from the past

[mrwwalmsley]

Sorry for the late reply, I'm just getting on to implementing this functionality, and it doesn't seem to be working as I would like.

I want to set the current date to today... but allow the user to scroll back to select a day in the past.

The calendar timeline always starts on the current date.

See line 58 in date_picker_timeline.dart
DateTime _date = DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: index));

[iamvivekkaushik]

Hi @mrwwalmsley, if you want the date to start at some previous time, then you can just pass that date to the constructor.

DatePickerTimeline(
  DateTime.now(),
  onDateChange: (date) {
    // New date selected
    print(date.day.toString());
  },
),

Instead of date.now() you can pass any date and the calendar will start from that particular date.

[iamvivekkaushik]

Hi @mrwwalmsley, can you confirm if this resolves your issue?

[iamvivekkaushik]

I am closing this issue.

[hinterlandcreative]

Any update on this? Can this PR #12 get merged in please?

[iamvivekkaushik]

I had no time to implement this, #12 have it implemented, you can use that version until it gets merged.

dependencies:
  date_picker_timeline:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/psygo/DatePickerTimelineFlutter.git

[HannHank]

I tried to pass the date like this DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: -10) to get the last week, but still see future dates.

[Mallington]

@HannHank Did you find a fix for this?

[HannHank]

@Mallington nope, still facing that problem.

[Mallington]

@HannHank I have posted a fix here: https://github.com/Mallington/DatePickerTimelineFlutter. You can modify your pubspec.yaml to use:

date_picker_timeline:
      git:
        url: https://github.com/Mallington/DatePickerTimelineFlutter

I'd recommend forking the repository for long term use, just in case I delete it 😄

[HannHank]

@Mallington thanks 👍

[Mallington]

@HannHank There was an issue with my original commit. I have moved to setting the startDate in the constructor
See Example:

DatePickerTimeline(
   DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: -10)),
         onDateChange: (date) {
           // New date selected
           print(date.day.toString());
         },
         startDate: DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: -10)),
         daysCount: 10,
       )

[iamvivekkaushik]

Hi everyone, this option is now added to the library, just specify the startDate and the calendar will start from that particular date. I have also added a controller to move to any specific date.