HTML <input> min Attribute
Example
Use of the min and max attributes:
<form action="/action_page.php">
Enter a date before 1980-01-01:
<input type="date" name="bday" max="1979-12-31">
Enter a date after 2000-01-01:
<input type="date" name="bday" min="2000-01-02">
Quantity (between 1 and 5):
<input type="number" name="quantity" min="1" max="5">
<input type="submit">
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The min attribute specifies the minimum value for an <input> element.
Tip: Use the min attribute together with the max attribute to create a range of legal values.
Note: The max and min attributes works with the following input types: number, range, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, time and week.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min | 5.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
Note: The min attribute will not work for dates and time in Internet Explorer 10+ or Firefox, since IE 10+ and Firefox does not support these input types.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The min attribute is new in HTML5.
Syntax
<input min="number|date">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| number | Specifies the minimum value allowed |
| date | Specifies the minimum date allowed |
❮ HTML <input> tag
