Editor example Time increment options

When using datetime's time picker options, you may wish to limit the end user's ability to select particular times to certain intervals. This can be done using the minutesIncrement and secondsIncrement options, as shown in this example.

In this case, the first field uses a ten minute increment, while the second uses a 15 minute and 15 second increment.

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

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var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples
 
$(document).ready(function() {
    editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( {
        ajax: '../../controllers/time.php',
        table: '#example',
        fields: [ {
                label: 'First name:',
                name:  'first_name'
            }, {
                label: 'Last name:',
                name:  'last_name'
            }, {
                label: 'City:',
                name:  'city'
            }, {
                label: 'Shift start:',
                name:  'shift_start',
                type:  'datetime',
                format: 'h:mm A',
                fieldInfo: '12 hour clock format',
                opts: {
                    minutesIncrement: 10
                }
            }, {
                label: 'Shift end:',
                name:  'shift_end',
                type:  'datetime',
                format: 'HH:mm:ss',
                fieldInfo: '24 hour clock format with seconds',
                opts: {
                    minutesIncrement: 15,
                    secondsIncrement: 15
                }
            }
        ]
    } );
 
    $('#example').DataTable( {
        dom: 'Bfrtip',
        layout: {
            topLeft: 'buttons'
        },
        ajax: '../../controllers/time.php',
        columns: [
            { data: 'first_name' },
            { data: 'last_name' },
            { data: 'city' },
            { data: 'shift_start' },
            { data: 'shift_end' }
        ],
        select: true,
        buttons: [
            { extend: 'create', editor: editor },
            { extend: 'edit',   editor: editor },
            { extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
        ]
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.

Submitted data:

The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.

// No data yet submitted

Server response:

The following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.

// No data yet received