# Date input (UI SDK): Locale

> `locale` sets the order and the separators. The digits are always 0 to 9 and the calendar is always Gregorian, so the value means the same date everywhere.

Canonical: https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/locale

Component docs: https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input

## Add this example

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/ui-sdk-date-input-locale.json
```

This adds `components/examples/ui-sdk-date-input/locale.tsx` with the Date input component and the HextaUI theme tokens.

## Source

```tsx title="components/examples/ui-sdk-date-input/locale.tsx"
import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label"
import { DateInput } from "@/components/ui/ui-sdk-date-input"

const locales = [
  { locale: "en-GB", label: "Date (en-GB)" },
  { locale: "de-DE", label: "Datum (de-DE)" },
  { locale: "ja-JP", label: "日付 (ja-JP)" },
]

function UiSdkDateInputLocale() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-44 flex-col gap-4">
      {locales.map(({ locale, label }) => (
        <div key={locale} lang={locale} className="flex flex-col gap-2">
          <Label id={`date-${locale}`}>{label}</Label>
          <DateInput
            aria-labelledby={`date-${locale}`}
            locale={locale}
            defaultValue="2026-11-02"
          />
        </div>
      ))}
    </div>
  )
}

export { UiSdkDateInputLocale }
```

## Props in this example

### DateInput

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `defaultValue` | `string \| null` | – |  |
| `locale` | `string` | – | Defaults to the page’s language. |

## More Date input examples

- [Date and time](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/date-time)
- [Min and max](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/min-max)
- [Unavailable dates](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/unavailable)
- [Form](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/form)
- [Controller](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/controller)
- [Disabled](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/disabled)
- [Read-only](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/read-only)
- [Right to left](https://hextaui.com/docs/ui-sdk-date-input/examples/rtl)