In this article we will see how we can set the minimum date of the QDateEdit. Sometime there is a need to set minimum date so that user can’t enter date which are beyond the minimum date for example when user is asked to enter date for hotel booking, user should not be allowed to enter past dates then need for setting minimum date arises. Minimum date can be set with the help of setMinimumDate method.
In order to do this we use minimumDate method with the QDateEdit object
Syntax : date.minimumDate()
Argument : It takes no argument
Return : It returns QDate object
Below is the implementation
# importing libraries from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui from PyQt5.QtGui import * from PyQt5.QtCore import * import sys class Window(QMainWindow): def __init__(self): super().__init__() # setting title self.setWindowTitle("Python ") # setting geometry self.setGeometry(100, 100, 500, 400) # calling method self.UiComponents() # showing all the widgets self.show() # method for components def UiComponents(self): # creating a QDateEdit widget date = QDateEdit(self) # setting geometry of the date edit date.setGeometry(100, 100, 200, 40) # alignment a_flag = Qt.AlignCenter # setting alignment of date date.setAlignment(a_flag) # QDate object d = QDate(2020, 1, 1) # setting minimum date date.setMinimumDate(d) # text text = "Geek date edit" # setting name date.setAccessibleName(text) # creating a label label = QLabel("neveropen", self) # setting geometry label.setGeometry(100, 150, 200, 60) # making label multiline label.setWordWrap(True) # getting minimum date value = date.minimumDate() # setting text to the label label.setText("Min Date : " + str(value)) # create pyqt5 app App = QApplication(sys.argv) # create the instance of our Window window = Window() # start the app sys.exit(App.exec()) |
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