In this tutorial, you will learn how to display a date picker in a Google Sheets cell.
How to Display Date Picker in a Google Sheets Cell
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The date picker is a handy tool that allows you to select a date from a calendar popup, and enter it into a cell in your Google Sheets spreadsheet.
This can be helpful if you have a cell that contains a date, but you want to make it more user-friendly by allowing your users to select the date from a calendar.
In this guide, we will show you how to display a date picker in a Google Sheets cell.
How to Insert a Date Picker in Google Sheets
Here’s how to insert a date picker in Google Sheets.
Step 1
First, select the range of cells where you want to display a date picker.
In this example, we’ll add a date picker to column A since it’s already designated to hold date values.
Step 2
Next, select the Data validation option under Data.
Step 3
Google Sheets will now show a Data validation dialog pop-up. In the Criteria section, select Date in the first drop-down menu and is valid date in the second drop-down menu.
You also have the option to choose what happens when the user inputs invalid data. Google Sheets can either show a warning in the form of a red triangle or reject the input entirely.
Step 4
Click on Save to apply these changes to the selected range.
Step 5
Double-clicking on cells in your range should now show a date picker. The date picker will make it much easier for users to input dates without having to worry about the format.
Step 6
We can also add further data validation to our date columns. For example, we can set a specific date range that the user is allowed to input.
Simply select between in the second drop-down list. Write down the start and end dates of the date range in the provided text boxes.
Step 7
If the user tries to input a date outside the range, an error will indicate that the date is invalid.
If the user selects the Reject input option, the user will see a error dialog box similar to what is seen below. The invalid date will not be accepted and the cell will remain empty until a valid date is typed.
Summary
This guide should be everything you need to display a date picker in a Google Sheets cell.
You may make a copy of this example spreadsheet to test it out on your own.